An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

LAIDLAW, Sir Patrick Playfair

3 entries
  • 1899

The physiological action of β-iminoazolylethylamine.

J. Physiol. (Lond), 41, 318-44, 1910.

Study of the effect of histamine.



Subjects: PHARMACOLOGY
  • 5630

Histamine shock.

J. Physiol. (Lond.), 52, 355-90, 1919.

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



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Shock, SURGERY: General
  • 5494

A virus obtained from influenza patients.

Lancet, 2, 66-68, 1933.

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.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Influenza, VIROLOGY › VIRUSES (by Family) › Orthomyxoviridae › Influenza A Virus