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World Service,24 May 2000,13 mins

William Beaumont's Stomach Ache

Experiments that Changed the World

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A look at the tube that goes from one end of our body to the other. William Beaumont solved the mystery of human digestion by experimenting on Alexis St. Martin. He discovered digestion is a chemical process.

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