Inscription on base: "Wm [the "m" superscripted] Beaumont // 1785-1853"; piece of tape with "#640" written on it (this is not an OC number).
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-14
Dimension Notes
Length 12.0 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 3.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Slight chip off the nose.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Medicine - An Historical Outline," by Seelig, baltimore, 1925;
Research Facts
Beaumont - American army surgeon, experimenter, physiologist, scientist; did pioneer studies in gastric digestion and gastric motility which formed the basis for all subsequent work on the physiology of gastric digestion.