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Alexis Bidagan dit St. Martin fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1879, 1959-1971.

Reference:

R5030-0-5-E, MG30-B152

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102832

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Alexis Bidagan dit St. Martin fonds
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Date(s):

1879, 1959-1971.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.6 cm of textual records some photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of five letters written to Alexis Martin Junior in 1879 on the subject of the elder Alexis St. Martin. Most of the letters concern efforts by Rush Medical College to have St. Martin come to Chicago to illustrate a series of medical lectures, original, 6 pages. Also included are articles on Alexis St. Martin's life and medical significance, photocopy, 1959, 1971, 15 pages.

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St. Martin, Alexis Bidagan dit, 1794-1880

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St. Martin, Alexis Bidagan dit, 1794-1880 : Alexis St. Martin was a voyageur from Berthier, Lower Canada. In 1822, he was injured by a shotgun blast to the chest and stomach, and his life was saved by Dr. William Beaumont, a United States Army Surgeon. After his wounds had healed, he was left with a permanent gastric fistula and became the subject of Beaumont's pioneering work on the physiology of digestion.

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General note:

Received in 1983 from Mrs. George Brouillard of Pascong, Rhode Island.
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Medecine - United States, 1879 Rush Medical College (Chicago, Ill.), 1879

Alexis St. Martin - Biographical, 1879 Alexis St. Martin Junior, 1879
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Private

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MG30-B152
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