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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'A further minute analysis by electric stimulation of the so-called motor region of the cortex cerebri in the monkey (Macacus sinicus)' by Charles E Beevor and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley

Reference number: RR/10/11

Date: 25 October 1887

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper should be published in the same way as the earlier ones by the same authors. Suggests the paper should be completely revised, due to the unfinished nature of the manuscript. Suggests clearing up use of terminology in the text, and further explanation of the table headings.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/11
Earliest possible date
25 October 1887
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Letter on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'A further minute analysis by electric stimulation of the so-called motor region of the cortex cerebri in the monkey (Macacus sinicus)' by Charles E Beevor and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, 25 October 1887, RR/10/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_11/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-a-further-minute-analysis-by-electric-stimulation-of-the-so-called-motor-region-of-the-cortex-cerebri-in-the-monkey-macacus-sinicus-by-charles-e-beevor-and-victor-alexander-haden-horsley, accessed on 26 March 2025

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