William Maddock Bayliss was an #English #physiologist who, in 1902 co-discovered the first #hormo…
William Maddock Bayliss was an #English #physiologist who, in 1902 co-discovered the first #hormone (with the British physiologist Ernest H. Starling).
They found a certain chemical substance is secreted when food comes into contact with part of the small #intestine. This #chemical #substance, which they named #secretin, upon being carried by the blood to the #pancreas, #stimulates the secretion of #pancreatic juice, the most important of the #digestive juices.
They coined the word “hormone” based on a Greek word for “to set in motion.”
Bayliss also studied the use of #saline injections to counteract #shock during surgery. He proposed the use of gum-saline injections for wound shock to saved many lives of wounded soldiers in WW I.
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