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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'On the changes produced in the circulation and respiration by increase of the intra-cranial pressure or tension' by Walter Spencer and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley

Reference number: RR/10/382

Date: 12 September 1890

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The title does not accurately reflect the contents of the paper. The experimental method is not explained, and some statements made by the authors are difficult to understand. Suggests the title be altered and the important experiments explained fully.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1891]

Reference number
RR/10/382
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12 September 1890
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Letter on paper
Page extent
6 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 'On the changes produced in the circulation and respiration by increase of the intra-cranial pressure or tension' by Walter Spencer and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, 12 September 1890, RR/10/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_382/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-on-the-changes-produced-in-the-circulation-and-respiration-by-increase-of-the-intra-cranial-pressure-or-tension-by-walter-spencer-and-victor-alexander-haden-horsley, accessed on 08 February 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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