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The History of the Caliph V., published 1784, by W. Beckford (1759-1844), in perfect French. An Arabian tale ; short, sarcastic, of great imaginative power. A haughty, sensual, cruel monarch, abjuring his faith, offers allegiance to Eblis, in the hope of gaining the throne of the pre-adamite sultans ; descends into hell, etc. See Eblis.
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.