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Reichstein

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[rahyk-stahyn, rahykh-shtahyn] / ˈraɪkˌstaɪn, ˈraɪxˌʃtaɪn /

noun

  1. Tadeus 1897–1996, Swiss chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize in medicine 1950.


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Halloween here is a wonderland, and Descanso continues to lean heavily into the fantastical, this year adding glowing wire sculptures from Helsinki-based artist Alexander Reichstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We made things so the progressivity of the tax code is a lot higher than the tax brackets would imply,” Reichstein says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The biggest shock came seven months later, when Reichstein was finally recalled.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

Survivors include his wife, the former Esther Reichstein; his sons, John, who is the chairman of the psychiatry department at Yale, and Andrew, who is a psychiatry professor at Duke; and three grandchildren.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2015

In 1932 it was produced artificially by Chemist Tadeus Reichstein of Zurich, is now available to physicians in cheap form.

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