ROXBURGH CLUB
\ɹˈɒksbɜːɡ klˈʌb], \ɹˈɒksbɜːɡ klˈʌb], \ɹ_ˈɒ_k_s_b_ɜː_ɡ k_l_ˈʌ_b]\
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A club formed in commemoration of John, third Duke of Roxburgh, whose library, when sold, realized enormous prices. One of the members was called upon each year to print, at his own cost, some rare book, of which only impressions enough for the club were struck off.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.