Raphaël Dubois

Horace Raphael Dubois (1849, Le Mans-1929) was a French pharmacologist known for his work on bioluminescence and anesthesia.^[1] He coined the terms proteon and bioproteon. Proteon means matter; bioroteon 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]

Reference

1. ^ Poisson, Jacques (Apr. 2010). "Raphaël Dubois, from pharmacy to bioluminescence" (in french). Rev Hist Pharm (Paris) (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