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Maurice Vejux Tyrode
American pharmacologist, born November 6, 1878, Besançon; died 1930.
Associated eponyms:
Ringer's solution
A solution used in physiological experiments. It contains sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium chlorides; sodium bicarbonate, dextrose, and water.
Tyrode's solution
Salt solution which is a modified Locke solution, used in physiological experiments, tissue cultures and tissue preservation, and to irrigate the peritoneal cavity.
Biography:
Maurice Vejux Tyrode attended the Harvard University, obtaining his doctorate in 1900. At this institution he successively became assistant instructor and faculty instructor in pharmacology. He became known for his studies of isolated kidney, on Strophantus, mercury-albuminverbindungen.
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Bibliography:
Pharmacology. Philadelphia, 1908; 2nd edition, 1912
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