Clinical laboratory manual: by John W. Sloan.

Collection

Identifier: 00-35

Staff Only

Scope and content

Clinical laboratory manual written by John W. Sloan, dated 1941-1942. The preface of the manual states that its contents are standard procedures and accepted methods used at the Army Station Hospital Laboratory at Camp Roberts, California. There is also a black and white photograph of John W. Sloan in the chemistry laboratory, dated May 7, 1942.

Dates

Creation: 1941-1942

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Biographical sketch

John W. Sloan (1915-2016) entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a private in 1941 and spent a year as a chemical specialist analyzing blood and biological specimens in Camp Roberts at the California Station Hospital Clinical Laboratory. In the fall of 1947, John joined the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, in Peoria, Illinois. In 1963, he transferred to the federal meat inspection division as assistant head of the Washington, D.C., laboratory. Four years later, he became senior staff chemist for packaging materials and supervisor of the Beltsville, Maryland, compounds laboratory. He retired from federal civil service in 1976 and began to devote more time to his lifelong hobby of photography. John W. Sloan died in 2016 at the age of 100.

Extent

0.10 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

The Clinical Laboratory Manual by John W. Sloan was donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by John W. Sloan in October 2000.