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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'Muscular movements in man, and their evolution in the infant: a study of movement in man, and its evolution, together with inferences as to the properties of nervecentres and their modes of action in expressing thought' by Francis Warner

Reference number: RR/10/234

Date: 14 August 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The conclusions are mere vague inferences.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/10/234
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14 August 1888
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'Muscular movements in man, and their evolution in the infant: a study of movement in man, and its evolution, together with inferences as to the properties of nervecentres and their modes of action in expressing thought' by Francis Warner, 14 August 1888, RR/10/234, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_234/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-muscular-movements-in-man-and-their-evolution-in-the-infant-a-study-of-movement-in-man-and-its-evolution-together-with-inferences-as-to-the-properties-of-nervecentres-and-their-modes-of-action-in-expressing-thought-by-francis-warner, accessed on 18 January 2025

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