William Bayliss

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Sir William Maddock Bayliss
Sir William Maddock Bayliss
Born	May 2, 1860
Died	August 27, 1924
Nationality	English
Fields	physiology
Known for	secretin peristalsis

Sir William Maddock Bayliss (May 2, 1860 - August 27, 1924) was an English physiologist. He graduated in physiology from Wadham College, Oxford.

He and Ernest Henry Starling discovered the peptide hormone secretin and peristalsis of the intestines. The Bayliss effect is named after him.

He was also involved in the Brown Dog affair, successfully suing Stephen Coleridge for libel over accusations he made about Bayliss's vivisection work.

William Bayliss's wife was Gertrude Starling, sister of Ernest Starling.

He was knighted for his contribution to medicine in 1922.

The Bayliss and Starling Society was founded in 1979 as a forum for scientists with research interests in central and autonomic peptide function.

[edit] References

• Zárate, Arturo & Saucedo, Renata, “[On the centennial of hormones. A tribute to Ernest H. Starling and William M. Bayliss]”, Gaceta médica de México 141 (5): 437-9, PMID:16353891, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16353891> 
• Hirst, Barry H (2004), “Secretin and the exposition of hormonal control.”, J. Physiol. (Lond.) 560 (Pt 2): 339, 2004 Oct 15, PMID:15308687, doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2004.073056, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308687> 
• Modlin, I M & Kidd, M (2001), “Ernest Starling and the discovery of secretin.”, J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 32 (3): 187-92, 2001 Mar, PMID:11246341, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11246341> 
• Modlin, I M; Kidd, M & Farhadi, J (2000), “Bayliss and Starling and the nascence of endocrinology.”, Regul. Pept. 93 (1-3): 109-23, 2000 Sep 25, PMID:11033058, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11033058> 
• Svatos, J & Svatos, A (1999), “The divergence in the conception of Pavlov and Bayliss-Starling concerning the function of the nervous system.”, Ceskoslovenská fysiologie / Ústrední ústav biologický 48 (1): 22-6, 1999 Feb, PMID:10377602, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10377602> 
• Folkow, B (1989), “Myogenic mechanisms in the control of systemic resistance. Introduction and historical background.”, Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension 7 (4): S1-4, 1989 Sep, PMID:2681587, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2681587> 
• Simmer, H H (1978), “[The discovery and the discoverers of secretin. A contribution to the history of science and to the typology of the scientist]”, Die Medizinische Welt 29 (50): 1991-6, 1978 Dec 15, PMID:364247, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/364247> 
• Hill, A V (1969), “Bayliss and Starling and the happy fellowship of physiologists.”, J. Physiol. (Lond.) 204 (1): 1-13, 1969 Sep, PMID:4900770, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4900770> 
• BAYLISS, L E (1961), “William Maddock BAYLISS, 1860-1924: life and scientific work.”, Perspect. Biol. Med. 4: 460-79, 1961, PMID:13688118, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13688118> 

[edit] External links

• NNDB
• The Bugle
• Biography and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
• Bayliss and Starling Society Homepage