Raphaël Dubois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raphaël Dubois

pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1849

Place of Birth: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1929

Profession: physician, pharmacist, physiologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Raphaël Horace Dubois (20 June 1849, Le Mans – 21 January 1929) was a French pharmacologist known for his work on bioluminescence and anesthesia.
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.