WILLIAM BEAUMONT M.D. 

            William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin                                                                      William Beaumont      

William Beaumont was born in 1785 in Lebanon, Connecticut and settled in Champlain, NY in the spring of 1897.  There he became a teacher

and studied medical journals.  In 1812 he became a licensed physician.  When the War of 1812 broke out, Beaumont, an army surgeon's mate,

was stationed in Plattsburgh.  He participated in the battle when the British invaded the Champlain valley from Canada.  His discoveries led the

science of medicine into new channels and laid the foundation of all the progress the profession has made up to the present time.

Beaumont treated a man name Alexis St. Martin.  Part of his stomach had been shot away by the charge of buckshot.  Much of the skin was

bone and there was a hole in the stomach.  The doctor stitched up the skin around the hole and left it open.  And through this peek hole he learned

all we know today about the process of digestion.  Alexis married here, had a family, and died here.

"When we talk about Beaumont, you're talking about a world figure, known all around the world." 

He was the Country's most prominent physician.  Colleges across the country have buildings named after Beaumont, and Plattsburgh State

University named its science building Beaumont Hall.

                                        William Beaumont - 1814                 Alexis St. Martin                   William Beaumont Medal