Sydney Ringer

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Sydney Ringer FRS (March 1835 – 14 October 1910) was a British clinician, physiologist and pharmacologist, best known for inventing Ringer's solution. He was born in 1835 in Norwich, England and died following a stroke in 1910 in Lastingham, Yorkshire, England. His gravestone and some other records report 1835 for his birth, some census records and other documents suggest 1836, but his baptismal record at St Mary's Baptist Chapel (referred to in Ringer's own will) confirms this was 1835.

Life[]

Born into a non-conformist family (often, but incorrectly described as 'Quaker') in Norwich, Ringer's father died in 1843, while he was still very young.

He entered University College in 1854 and graduated M.B. in 1860, being a resident medical officer in the University Medical Hospital from 1861 to 1862. He gained his M.D. in 1863 and that same year was appointed as assistant physician to the hospital, becoming a full physician in 1866.[1] From 1865 to 1869, he also held the position of assistant physician at the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street.

In 1887, he was named , a chair he held until his retirement in 1900. In 1870 he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and in 1885 a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]

Ringer was one of the early true clinical investigators.

This formed the basis of Ringer's solution. Clinically important derivatives include Ringer's lactate.

In 2007, a brief biography of Ringer[2] was published by the Physiological Society, of which Ringer was an early member.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Rolleston 1912.
  2. ^ A Solution for the Heart (free pdf)

Sources[]

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  • Miller, D. J. (2004). "Sydney Ringer; physiological saline, calcium and the contraction of the heart". The Journal of Physiology. 555 (Pt 3): 585–7. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2004.060731. PMC 1664856. PMID 14742734.
  • Moore, Benjamin. "In Memory of Sidney Ringer [1835-1910]" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • "Obituary". The Lancet. 176 (4549): 1386–1387. 1910. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)52779-2.
  • Rolleston, Humphry Davy (1912). "Ringer, Sydney" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • "Sydney Ringer (1835-1910) Clinician and Pharmacologist". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 206 (11): 2515. 1968. doi:10.1001/jama.1968.03150110063015.
  • Ellis, Harold (2010). "Sydney Ringer: Physician, physiologist and pharmacologist". British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 71 (11): 645. doi:10.12968/hmed.2010.71.11.79664. PMID 21063259.
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