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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Reference should be made to a recent paper by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer in a German language journal, dedicated to Carl Ludwig. Suggests the illustrations could be reduced in size.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]

Reference number
RR/10/52
Earliest possible date
04 April 1887
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'A record of experiments upon the functions of the cerebral cortex' by Victor Alexander Haden Horsley and Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, 04 April 1887, RR/10/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_52/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-a-record-of-experiments-upon-the-functions-of-the-cerebral-cortex-by-victor-alexander-haden-horsley-and-edward-albert-sharpey-schafer, accessed on 07 March 2026

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