1 62 GOOD HEALTH 



stomach used for the experiments, St. Martin said, "Yes, 

 certainly." 



One interesting thing to remember is that Bum and 

 Tipsy had to take alcohol every day until Dr. Hodge 

 could tell by their actions what was happening. But St. 

 Martin did not have to take so much : when Dr. Beau- 

 mont looked into the stomach he saw exactly what the 

 alcohol did when it got there, so he did not have to give 

 it long enough to do the man any very great harm. 



First of all he gave St. Martin good food without any^ 

 alcohol in it, and at this time he noticed that when he 

 gave him the food the inside lining of the stomach was 

 of a pink color and perfectly healthy. The gastric juice 

 was healthy too ; it was thin and clear, without any special 

 color, and it did its work well. 



That is the way the stomach acted when St. Martin 

 took food but did not drink alcohol. But now the young 

 man took alcohol for several days, while of course he had 

 his regular food besides. Everybody was especially inter- 

 ested in the case, and the doctor kept on examining the 

 stomach each day. I think he was surprised to find that 

 whenever he looked in the lining was redder than it was 

 the time before ; then there were sores on it ; after that 

 the sores were worse and blood came from them. 



When he saw how things were going Dr. Beaumont 

 took some of the gastric juice from the stomach (he 

 could get it out easily by putting a tube in through the 



