A French Canadian, Alexis St Martin, was accidentally shot in his side on June 6, 1822, Dr Beaumont treated him, and although St Martin recovered, he had an opening nearly 2cm across that led directly into his stomach. Dr Beaumont used him as human guinea pig to study works. St Martin lived with the hole in his stomach until he died in 1880, at the age of 82.
This was the first documented study of digestion.
Nowadays we know digestion process quite well. We are studying digestion these days and you have to prepare next exam, reading unit 3 and doing exercises. You can find digestion table and presentation at Rosalia virtual class.
To those who like cooking I recomend a movie: "Julie & Julia" Nora Ephrom ( trailer )
UNIT 3 EXAM: you can practice doing tests at internet. Type nutrition quiz or test at google, clik on one do it and check answers. I am getting questions from these quizzes!