The Reception of William Beaumont's Discovery in Europe

97 pp. "An interesting sidelight on William Beaumont's discoveries is this report of how the publication of "Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion" by William Beaumont in 1834 was received in England, France, Germany and Italy. As is pointed out by Dr. John F. Fulton, on the basis of one well studied case Beaumont was able to change the course of medical thought in gastroenterology. The book is beautifully printed with special paper and bound in boards which reproduce pages of Beaumont's own manuscript. Any collection dealing with gastroenterology ought to possess this contribution to medical history."