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The curious case of the man with a hole in his stomach

On 6 June 1822, Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot in his torso at a Michigan general store. St. Martin's life-threatening injury introduced him to Dr. William Beaumont, a local army surgeon who later became an ambitious conductor of human experiments.

Dr. Jason Karlawish, a physician and the author of Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont, unravels the dynamic between the two unlikely counterparts and reveals how their relationship serves as a 'cautionary tale' for modern physician-scientists.

Video by Madeline Johnson

Animation: Andrew Dittmann

Intro animation: Clementina Gades

Series Producer: Anna Bressanin