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Dr. William Beaumont : Army doctor (Ft. Mackinac) who made observations in fistula in stomach of Alexio St. Martin; opportunity to learn about how stomach functions. Antione Lavoisier : French scientist credited as the Father of Nutrition. He put weight measures into chemistry, designed a calorimeter (measured heat produced by the body from work, from consumption of different types and amounts of foods), and said "Life is a chemical process". Beheaded in French revolution. Dr. Stephen Babcock : First semi-purified diets (single plant feeding experiment), all corn or wheat, used in economically important species. Corn fed animals were sleeker and more vigorous, had normal calves. Wheat fed calves died at birth or soon after. Either corn contained something wheat did not or wheat had something toxic. Resulted in discovery of vitamins and golden age of nutrition. Babcock Milkfat test. 2 | P a g e Alexio St. Martin : French trapper who was shot and whose stomach Dr. William Beaumont made observations with after he healed it but a fistula was left. Daniel (Bible) : First nutritional experiment. After captured, refused to eat King's food and wine. 10 day experiment of eating vegetables and water, and after 10 days, Daniel's men appeared fairer and fatter in flesh. Dr. James Lind : British naval doctor who wrote treatise on scurvy. Often credited as discovering effect of citrus on scurvy and credited w/initial discovery of vitamin C, but he failed to recognize the importance of his own observations. Funk : coined Vitamin, after "vital amines" What is the first recorded nutritional experiment? : Book of Daniel (Bible) What did Beaumont discover together with Alexio St. Martin? : Observations of stomach fistula. Discovered that stomach is not a grinder, no spirit in the body directing some of the foods to 'good' purposes, and disregarding the 3 | P a g e 'bad', digesting takes place by digestive juices secreted from the stomach, foods are digested at the same time but at different rates, stomach rumblings are just stomach contractions, and fat is digested slowly. Who was responsible for the health of the Limeys (British Navy)? Why are they called Limeys? : Dr. James Lind, called Limeys because forced to suck on a lemon each day, and lemon they used was called a lime. What was the significance of the single plant feeding experiment? : Heifers fed corn did well, but ones fed wheat didn't do as well, some infertility with wheat and oats. Best to feed a mixture of feeds, discovery of vitamins Who named vitamins after vital amines