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Referee's report by Edward Emanuel Klein, on a paper 'A note on an experimental investigation into the pathology of cancer' by Charles A Ballance and Samuel George Shattock

Reference number: RR/10/316

Date: 28 February 1890

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The vast majority of the first 26 pages are copied verbatim from a paper read by the authors before the Pathological Society of London and printed in their Transactions for 1887 and 1888. The experiments described all gave negative results. Part may be published in the Proceedings if assurance is given by the authors that it has not appeared in print elsewhere.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1891]

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RR/10/316
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28 February 1890
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Emanuel Klein

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Edward Emanuel Klein, Referee's report by Edward Emanuel Klein, on a paper 'A note on an experimental investigation into the pathology of cancer' by Charles A Ballance and Samuel George Shattock, 28 February 1890, RR/10/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_316/referees-report-by-edward-emanuel-klein-on-a-paper-a-note-on-an-experimental-investigation-into-the-pathology-of-cancer-by-charles-a-ballance-and-samuel-george-shattock, accessed on 28 April 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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