Maurice Visscher
Maurice Visscher | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1901 |
| Died | May 1, 1983 (aged 81) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Hope College University of Minnesota University of Southern California |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Pieters (m. 1925) |
| Children | Two sons and two daughters |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Academic advisors | Anton Julius Carlson Ernest Starling |
| Doctoral students | Earl Wood |
Maurice Bolks Visscher (August 25, 1901 – May 1, 1983) was an American cardiovascular physiologist. He is best known for demonstrating that cardiac muscle declines in efficiency as it fails, and for pioneering the use of isotopes to study electrolyte absorption in the small intestine.