Otto Folin and Donald D. Van Slyke: Pioneers of clinical chemistry

Rosenfeld, Louis

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Title

Otto Folin and Donald D. Van Slyke: Pioneers of clinical chemistry

Author(s)

Rosenfeld, Louis

Issue Date

1999-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• History Clin Chem Folin Van Slyke

Abstract

The important contributions of Otto Knut Folin and Donald Dexter Van Slyke to 20th century clin. chem. are discussed. Their systematic explorations on blood and urine set the style and shaped the parameters for clin. chem. for the remainder of the century as they developed practical and clin. applicable methods of anal. By analyzing small vols. of biol. fluids, they detd. normal ranges, correlating variations with pathol. conditions, and elucidated metabolic pathways in health and disease. Neither Folin nor Van Slyke had medical degrees but their research and teaching of biochem. and clin. chem. demonstrated that chemists could make great contributions to advances in medical diagnosis and the treatment of disease.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc1999n24p040

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Copyright 1999 Division of the History of Chemistry

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