We used the Kamlet Papers Collections [cf. Martin, D. F. and B. B. Martin, Florida Scient. 2007  , 70 40-44] in the USF Tampa Library Special Collections Department to learn if Dr. Jonas Kamlet received appropriate credit for his idea and his patent for rapid, convenient analysis for glucose in urine and blood involving a pill called �Clinitest�. Jonas Kamlet took the idea to Miles' Walter Compton, MD, who didn't know what to do with it (according to Edna Yanveh Kamlet Rogers, wife of Dr. Kamlet). More recent statements by a former employee of Miles Laboratory claim that the test was �developed by Dr. Compton�(C&EN, 2011  ,89(34): 51). It is evident that Dr. Kamlet did not (in our opinion) receive appropriate credit, but available correspondence indicated that it was not an issue with him. The correspondence gives an insight into the role of chemical consultants.

Kamlet Laboratories and Miles Laboratories correspondence, 1941-1945: A search for credit

244th National Meeting (2012)

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