John P. Peters
John P. (Punnett) Peters (December 4, 1887 – December 29, 1955)[1] was an American chemist and "one of the founders of modern clinical chemistry".[2] His 1932 textbook Quantitative Clinical Chemistry, coauthored with Donald Van Slyke, established clinical chemistry as a distinct discipline. His research articles and textbooks advanced the laboratory in the diagnosis and management of disease.
References
- ^ John Punnett Peters 1887—1955 (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. 1958. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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(help) - ^ Rocco, Richard M (July 9, 2016). "John P Peters (1887–1955): McCarthyism and the Unfinished Revision of Quantitative Clinical Chemistry". Journal of Medical Biography. 25 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1177/0967772015575890.