Patrick Laidlaw
Sir Patrick Playfair Laidlaw (1881–1940) was a British virologist.
Biography
He was one of the scientists working at the Medical Research Council at Mill Hill who first isolated influenza virus from humans.[1] This happened when ferrets they were working on to develop a distemper vaccine caught influenza from one of the scientists in the laboratory.
He was knighted in the 1935 Birthday Honours for distinguished service to medical science.
Notes
- ^ Medical science at www.hero.ac.uk
Further reading
- Smith W, Andrewes CH, Laidlaw PP. A virus obtained from influenza patients. Lancet. 1933;2:66–8.
- Distemper and Influenza at Mill Hill by Rick Carver and John Skehel from Mill Hill Essays 2000