Dr. Byron Marshall Hyde was a family doctor in Ottawa, a researcher and world-renowned specialist of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) originally and falsely called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In 1988, he founded the Nightingale Research Foundation to explore and understand ME and fibromyalgia-type illnesses. Dr. Hyde intertwined qualities of compassion, kindness, loyalty and sensitivity. He always took the necessary time with his patients to find out exactly what they were suffering from. He had a very generous sense of welcome and an astounding memory for people and events with surprising accuracy and detail, which made him a great scientist, doctor and a prolific and unique author of short stories and poetry.
Byron Hyde was a true Renaissance man, with wide interests beyond medicine: visual arts, short stories, poetry, horticulture. Dr. Hyde's medical books are signed as Byron Hyde, his stories and poetry as Byron Stratford Davis. He passed away on November 17, 2024, at the age of 88, survived by his beloved wife Lone, his children Christophe, Christian, Dominique, Martin, and his grandchildren, Alessandra, Augustin, Cléo, Felix, Isabelle, Lucas, Noé, Octave, Sébastien and Zéphyr.
The posthumous release of Poems for Cecilia pays homage to the marvellous writing and important medical research of Dr. Hyde.
Byron Stratford Davis is a Canadian physician who lived in Ottawa but was born in the United States and moved to Canada at the age of eight. His father's parents are part-Muskogee (Creek) Native American. His mother's family comes from Scotland and England. Byron Stratford Davis started writing poetry at the age of 12.
Other books by Dr. Byron Hyde
Short Stories and poetry
Illusions, poetry, 1968, 81p.
In Times Past, biography, a short tale of adventure for my four children, 1984, 99p.
Good For Nothing, short story, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 63pp. published in French as Bon-à-rien, 63p.
The Birth of Moitié Rat / La Naissance de Moitié Rat (bilingual), short story, 2019, 84p.
Octave The Beaver – The Awakening / Octave Le Castor – Le Réveil, (bilingual), short story, 2012, 2015, 118p.
Jacob's Ghost and other stories, 2015, 73p.
The Terrible Tale of Amy Brown, 2017, 84p.
Octave The Beaver – The Awakening / Ottavio Il Castoro – Il Risveglio (bilingual
English/Italian), 2014, 120p.
Octave The Beaver and The Garden of Dreams / Octave Le Castor et Le Jardin des Rêves
(Bilingual), 2015, 120p.
Octave The Beaver and The Garden of Dreams / Ottavio il Castoro e il Giardino dei Sogni
(English/Italiano). 2016, 120p.
Augustin the Detective & The Man Without a Face, Augustin le Détective et l'Homme sans Visage, 370p.
Byron and the Kindness of strangers, autobiography, Austin Macauley, 2024,198p.
Scientific and Medical Books
A Laboratory Technician's Guide to Electron Microscopy, published
by the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto 1962.
The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Nightingale Research Foundation, 1992, 724p.
Manual: A Physician's Guide to M.E./CFS, 1992.
Un Guide pour Médecins, L'Encéphalomyélite Myalgique –
Syndrome de Fatigue chronique, 1994.
Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, The Complexities of Diagnosis, John Wiley & Sons, Chicago, 2004, 33p.
Association of ME to Polio, Polio Epidemics and Enteroviruses (60-page booklet) Netherlands M.E. Association, Amsterdam, 2015.
Missed Diagnoses, Lulu, 2009, 2011, 146p.
The Return of Polio to the USA, Kindle, 2019, 192p.
Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Nightingale Press, 2020, 315p.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and the Return of Polio to the USA, 2022, 226p.
