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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the central nervous system in vertebrated animals. Part I.—Ichthyopsida. Section I.—Pisces. Subsection III.—Dipnoi. On the brain of the Ceratodus forsteri' by Alfred Sanders

Reference number: RR/10/212

Date: 24 March 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', but believes it should be published somewhere. Other papers of similar length and importance have been published in the Philosophical Transactions in the past. Suggests the Council give referees specific instructions regarding the admission of anatomical description papers to the Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/212
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24 March 1888
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the central nervous system in vertebrated animals. Part I.—Ichthyopsida. Section I.—Pisces. Subsection III.—Dipnoi. On the brain of the Ceratodus forsteri' by Alfred Sanders, 24 March 1888, RR/10/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_212/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-anatomy-of-the-central-nervous-system-in-vertebrated-animals-part-iichthyopsida-section-ipisces-subsection-iiidipnoi-on-the-brain-of-the-ceratodus-forsteri-by-alfred-sanders, accessed on 19 April 2025

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