SYMMES PURCHASE
\sˈɪmz pˈɜːt͡ʃɪs], \sˈɪmz pˈɜːtʃɪs], \s_ˈɪ_m_z p_ˈɜː_tʃ_ɪ_s]\
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John Cleves Symmes and his associates bought in 1787 a tract of land along the Ohio and Miami Rivers. The tract originally contained 1,000,000 acres, but was reduced plans. The first pre-emption law was passed in 1801 for the furtherance of this scheme.
By John Franklin Jameson
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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.