William Beaumont
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William Beaumont was a surgeon in the U.S. Army. He served as an assistant surgeon from 1812 to 1815, and then rejoined the army in 1820. He became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his
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William Beaumont and family
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
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Prairie du Chien is a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, Prairie du Chien
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…Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1828 he was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri. While en route, St. Martin was ordered to stop at Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to serve as Beaumont's servant again. In early 1831, Beaumont conducted another set of experiments on St. Martin's stomach, ranging from the simple…
Aerial photo of Prairie du Chien
The Francois Vertefeuille House in the Town of Prairie du Chien was built in the 1810s by fur traders. A rare example of the pièce-sur-pièce à coulisse technique once common in French-Canadian buildings, it is one of the oldest buildings in Wisconsin and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835–1836
Welcome sign on entering from Iowa