Word: osterhout
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout, 67. For many years Dr. Osterhout taught botany at Harvard. In 1925 he went to the Institute to devote all his time to a study of fundamental life-processes. His special studies have been fertilization in plants, formation of chromosomes, photosynthesis (conversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates by green plants), and osmosis (passage of liquids through membranes...
...HARVARD '38 DARTMOUTH '38 Robey, g. g., Jenkins Sargent, r.f.b. r.f.b., Williams Powell, l.f.b. l.f.b., Davison Shirley, r.h.b. r.h.b., Cotter Robie (Capt.) c.h.b. c.h.b., Barslay White, l.h.b. l.h.b., Land (Capt.) Earle, r.o.f. r.o.f., Osterhout Davis, r.i.f. r.i.f., Brown Simpson, c.f. c.f., Freeman Sleeper, l.i.f. l.i.f., Clark Tyler, l.o.f. l.o.f., Beatmann
...living cells seems to explain anesthesia. When certain water plants are soaked in distilled water their cells become unable to transmit stimuli, apparently because "R" is dissolved out. So the effect of everyday medicinal anesthetics may be due to a removal of "R" from human cells.-Drs. J. V. Osterhout and S. E. Hill of the Rockefeller Institute...