1. John Gaddum was a founder member of the British Pharmacological Society and first editor of the British Journal of Pharmacology.
12 Facts About John Gaddum
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John Gaddum was born in Hale the son of silk merchant, Henry Edwin Gaddum and his wife Phyllis Mary Barratt.
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John Gaddum was educated at Moorland House School, Heswall, Cheshire; Rugby School; and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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John Gaddum completed his BSc in Physiology at the University of Cambridge in 1922, and his MD at University College London in 1925.
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From 1933 to 1935, John Gaddum was professor of pharmacology at the University of Cairo.
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John Gaddum was professor of pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh from 1942 to 1958.
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John Gaddum's proposers were James Pickering Kendall, James Couper Brash, Thomas J Mackie and James Ritchie.
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John Gaddum was director of the Institute of Animal Physiology from 1958 to 1965.
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In experiments with lysergic acid diethylamide, John Gaddum explained how it causes mental disturbances by blocking the stimulating effects of serotonin.
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John Gaddum was the first scientist to postulate that 5-HT might have a role in mood regulation.
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John Gaddum served in the British Army from 1940 to 42, rising to lieutenant colonel.
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In 1929, John Gaddum married Iris Mary Harmer in Royston, Hertfordshire.