Sydney Ringer

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.

For his post-secondary education, Ringer went to University College during the mid 1850s to early 1860s. During this time period, Ringer trained at the University Medical Hospital before starting his career with the hospital in 1863. In 1865, Ringer was promoted to physician. Throughout the 1860s, Ringer also worked for the Great Ormond Street Hospital in the children's department as an assistant physician.

During his academic career, Ringer was awarded a fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians in 1870 and a fellowship with the Royal Society in 1885. He also was the Holme professor of clinical medicine from 1877 to 1900.[1]

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. Rolleston 1912.
  2. A Solution for the Heart (free pdf)

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