Alexis St. Martin

Alexis St-Martin
St. Martin in a 1912 portrait[1]: 298 
Born
Alexis Bidagan dit St-Martin

(1802-04-08)April 8, 1802
Berthierville, Lower Canada
DiedJune 24, 1880(1880-06-24) (aged 78)
Saint-Thomas, Quebec, Canada
OccupationVoyageur
Known forDigestion experiments carried out on him by William Beaumont

Alexis Bidagan dit St-Martin (April 8, 1802[a] – June 24, 1880) was a Canadian voyageur who is known for his part in experiments on digestion in humans, conducted on him by the American Army physician William Beaumont between 1822 and 1833. St-Martin was shot in a near-fatal accident in 1822. His wound did not heal fully, leaving an opening into his stomach. Studies of St-Martin's stomach led to greater understanding of the stomach, gastric juices and the processes of digestion.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Myer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. "Alexis Bidaguin dit St- Martin baptism: Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621–1967: Berthierville: 1802". Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  3. ^ Price, Catherine (2018). "Probing the Mysteries of Human Digestion". Distillations. 4 (2): 27–35. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2018.


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