Description: (British Physiologist Who Made Discoveries into the Effect of Saline Injections in Countering Shock Experienced After Surgery)
William Bayliss was an English physiologist whose contribution to medicine was honored with a knighthood in 1922. He published his life's work in the book Principles of General Physiology in 1919. The same year, he was honored with the prestigious Copley Medal. William Bayliss had earlier won the Royal Medal in 1911.