EM Tansey, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002361
1860–1924 English physiologist who investigated the physiology and biochemistry of intestinal and pancreatic function, discovering with his brother-in-law Ernest Starling the digestive hormone secretin; he also formulated an effective treatment for wound shock during World War I.
Keywords: hormones; secretin; Starling; pancreas; shock
| Further Reading | |
| proceedings Bayliss WM and Starling EH (1904) The chemical regulation of the secretory process. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 73: 310–322. | |
| book Bayliss WM (1908) The Nature of Enzyme Action. London: Longmans, Green. | |
| book Bayliss WM (1915) Principles of General Physiology. London: Longmans, Green. | |
| Bayliss LE (1961) William Maddock Bayliss, 1860–1924: life and scientific work. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 4: 460–479. | |
| book Evans CL (1964) Reminiscences of Bayliss and Starling. Cambridge: The Physiological Society. | |
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