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Referee's report by Alexander Macalister, on two papers 'On the weight of the brain and its parts' and 'On the brain of the late George Grote FRS' by John Marshall

Reference number: RR/11/189

Date: 31 August 1891

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The contents are new and interesting but they are written from the standpoint of anatomical knowledge of five years prior.

Subject: Physiology

[Not published].

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RR/11/189
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31 August 1891
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Macalister

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Alexander Macalister, Referee's report by Alexander Macalister, on two papers 'On the weight of the brain and its parts' and 'On the brain of the late George Grote FRS' by John Marshall, 31 August 1891, RR/11/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_189/referees-report-by-alexander-macalister-on-two-papers-on-the-weight-of-the-brain-and-its-parts-and-on-the-brain-of-the-late-george-grote-frs-by-john-marshall, accessed on 04 December 2025

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