tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post4208158838108546539..comments2024-03-27T14:25:35.242-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Something to Digest: The Strange Partnership of William Beaumont and Alexis and St. MartinDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-19924177700321903622019-05-22T07:56:06.138-04:002019-05-22T07:56:06.138-04:00I meant to add, thank you for sharing, Paula. :)I meant to add, thank you for sharing, Paula. :)Kathleen Rouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230409554080446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-50019620482709532782019-05-22T07:55:17.575-04:002019-05-22T07:55:17.575-04:00I remember first visiting Mackinac as a child and ...I remember first visiting Mackinac as a child and learning about Beaumont too.<br />It made an impression on me. In the Detroit area, there is a whole hospital<br />system named after Dr. Beaumont and now there is a medical school named after<br />him at one of the local universities. His name lives on!Kathleen Rouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230409554080446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63783720768603015372019-05-22T07:51:59.365-04:002019-05-22T07:51:59.365-04:00You're welcome, Marilyn. In a day when they di...You're welcome, Marilyn. In a day when they didn't yet have x-rays or any other<br />way to look inside the live human body, I'm sure Beaumont's research did<br />have great impact and laid the groundwork for later research. Good point!Kathleen Rouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230409554080446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-49333471912665726442019-05-21T23:23:20.800-04:002019-05-21T23:23:20.800-04:00Very interesting! I took a trip to Mackinac years ...Very interesting! I took a trip to Mackinac years ago as a chaperone to my son’s sixth grade class. I remember hiking many steps to the Fort and learning about the Doctor and his observations of the open stomach. Paula Shreckhisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950258738360858885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63772647799523929032019-05-21T15:45:20.529-04:002019-05-21T15:45:20.529-04:00Kathleen, thank you for sharing this unknown medic...Kathleen, thank you for sharing this unknown medical history of two different individuals. The early studies in medicine probably had more impact on today's research than we stop to consider. Blessings. Marilyn R. https://www.blogger.com/profile/05823250623223816968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-22241782490093952352019-05-21T08:03:04.148-04:002019-05-21T08:03:04.148-04:00Excellent question, Connie! While this was discuss...Excellent question, Connie! While this was discussed in<br />some of the articles I read, nobody seems to know the<br />answer. There is some discussion of medical ethics back<br />then. An educated, higher class doctor's opinion<br />would have been considered more important than an<br />uneducated patient's rights at the time. So<br />whether Dr. Beaumont didn't try to close it<br />because he wanted to continue his experiments,<br />or (just a thought) they didn't have the ability<br />to separate the layers of outer skin and stomach<br />muscle successfully without risking infection,<br />is anybody's guess. Either way, St. Martin still<br />managed to outlive Beaumont!Kathleen Rouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230409554080446106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67174484600559999782019-05-21T05:54:45.715-04:002019-05-21T05:54:45.715-04:00What an interesting post! I wonder why it wasn'...What an interesting post! I wonder why it wasn't possible to close the wound with surgery. Maybe it would be nowadays!Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12038621934457678475noreply@blogger.com