Mary Roach Quote
Experiment 1 began at noon on August 1, 1825. I introduced through the perforation, into the stomach, the following articles of diet, suspended by a silk string: . . . a piece of high seasoned à la mode beef; a piece of raw salted fat pork; a piece of raw salted lean beef; . . . a piece of stale bread; and a bunch of raw sliced cabbage; . . . the lad continuing his usual employment about the house. On the very first day of his research career, Beaumont’s work dealt a bruising blow to Fletcherism*—seventy-five years before it was invented: 2 p.m. Found the cabbage, bread, pork, and boiled beef all cleanly digested and gone from the string. No chewing necessary.* Only the raw beef remained intact.
Experiment 1 began at noon on August 1, 1825. I introduced through the perforation, into the stomach, the following articles of diet, suspended by a silk string: . . . a piece of high seasoned à la mode beef; a piece of raw salted fat pork; a piece of raw salted lean beef; . . . a piece of stale bread; and a bunch of raw sliced cabbage; . . . the lad continuing his usual employment about the house. On the very first day of his research career, Beaumont’s work dealt a bruising blow to Fletcherism*—seventy-five years before it was invented: 2 p.m. Found the cabbage, bread, pork, and boiled beef all cleanly digested and gone from the string. No chewing necessary.* Only the raw beef remained intact.