[IB Biology SL at GHS: Reviews of the Digestive System]

4. In 1833 an American doctor, William Beaumont, carried out the following experiment to study the digestion in the stomach

At which temperature would the observed changes happen most rapidly ?

A) 0 C

B) 10 C

C) 40 C (this is close to the optimal human body temperature....37 C)

D) 100 C

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