So—if you assume as I did that Mary Roach’s Gulp will be straight narration down the alimentary canal (into the mouth, down the throat, into the stomach, into the intestines and beyond)—you ...

Explains the process of digestion, detailing how food is transformed into simpler substances that can be absorbed into the ...

A Brief Tour Of The Alimentary Canal, From Spit To You Know What : Shots - Health News If you didn't know that spit makes a great spot remover or where prison inmates smuggle cellphones, author ...

Interview: Mary Roach, Author Of 'Gulp: Adventures On The Alimentary Canal' With books like Stiff and Spook, Roach has built a reputation for making unpalatable subjects entertaining. In her new ...

Mary Roach’s extensive tour of the alimentary canal is full of delicious detours and juicy anecdotes. ... It’s alimentary. Alex Hutchinson. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published April 12, 2013.

Nature - The Goulstonian Lectures on the Sensibility of the Alimentary Canal Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians on March 14, 16, and 21, 1911. Skip to main content.