Raphaël Dubois

Raphaël Dubois
Raphaël Dubois
Born	20 June 1849 Le Mans
Died	21 January 1929 (aged 79)
Nationality	France
Known for	bioluminescence

Horace Raphael Dubois (20 June 1849, Le Mans – 21 January 1929) was a French pharmacologist known for his work on bioluminescence and anesthesia.^[1] He coined the terms proteon and bioproteon, from the Greek "Proteon" for matter and "Bios" for life; bioproteon means living matter. He concluded that there is no difference between the two.

"A consideration of radioactivity led Dubois, 18 in 1904, to the view that the distinction between " matter of life " and *' living matter" is superficial. He proposed the term bioproteon meaning the particular state of the " proteon " in living beings, and suggested the desirability of determining the radioactivity proper of the bioproteon. In a subsequent paper 21 he says: 41 The unique principle of everything, of both force and matter, I have called ' proteon,' and when it pertains to a living being, ' bioproteon V Proteon and bioproteon are only two different states of the same thing. When the bioproteon is dead it has only ceased to be radioactive and becomes simply proteon."

— From Torreya A Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News, ^[2]

References

1. Poisson, Jacques (April 2010). "Raphaël Dubois, from pharmacy to bioluminescence". Rev Hist Pharm (Paris) (in French) (France) 58 (365): 51–6. ISSN 0035-2349. PMID 20533808.
2. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/herbert-osborn/the-tingitoidea-of-ohio-goo/1-the-tingitoidea-of-ohio-goo.shtml