Bayliss

Bayliss definition - medical

Bay·liss (bāˈlĭs), Sir William Maddock 1860-1924.

British physiologist. With Ernest Starling he discovered (1902) secretin. He also developed a treatment for surgical or wound shock in which saline injections replaced lost blood, a technique credited with saving many lives in World War I.

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