1785 –1853 American surgeon who pioneered the study of the physiology of the human stomach.
Keywords: digestion; gastric juice; bioethics
Beaumont, William
Claire EJ Herrick, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002733
| Further Reading | |
| book Beaumont W (1833) Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Plattsburgh: FP Allen. | |
| book Biographical Dictionary of Scientists – Biologists (1983) Abbott D (ed.), p. 18. London: Blond Educational. | |
| book Dictionary of American Biography (1929) Johnson A (ed.), vol. 2, pp. 104–110. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Horsman R (1996) Frontier Doctor. William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. | |
| book Myer JS (1912) Life and Letters of Dr William Beaumont. St Louis: CV Mosby. | |
| book Nelson RB (1990) Beaumont. America's First Physiologist. Geneva, IL: Grant House Press. | |
| Numbers RL (1979) William Beaumont and the ethics of human experimentation. Journal of the History of Biology 12: 112–135. | |
