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LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)

LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)

1881 – 1940

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1910 CE

#1899

The physiological action of β-iminoazolylethylamine.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)
LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)

Study of the effect of histamine.

1919 CE

#5630

Histamine shock.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)
LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)

Experimental shock produced by histamine and shown to be similar to traumatic and surgical shock.

1933 CE

#5494

A virus obtained from influenza patients.

LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)
LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair (1881 – 1940)
ANDREWES, Sir Christopher Howard (1896 – 1988)
ANDREWES, Sir Christopher Howard (1896 – 1988)
SMITH, Wilson (1897 – 1965)
SMITH, Wilson (1897 – 1965)

Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw first isolated the influenza A virus in humans. They successfully infected ferrets with filtered throat-washings from influenzal patients by intranasal instillation.