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Letter from Alfred Baring Garrod, on his paper 'On the presence of urea in the blood of birds, and its bearing upon the formation of uric acid in the animal body' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/11/256

Date: 18 July 1893

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Thanks the Secretary for letting him know that the Committee of Papers have decided his paper should be published in Proceedings. However, he believes it is worthy of being published in Philosophical Transactions instead.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1893].

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RR/11/256
Earliest possible date
18 July 1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Alfred Baring Garrod, on his paper 'On the presence of urea in the blood of birds, and its bearing upon the formation of uric acid in the animal body' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 18 July 1893, RR/11/256, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_256/letter-from-alfred-baring-garrod-on-his-paper-on-the-presence-of-urea-in-the-blood-of-birds-and-its-bearing-upon-the-formation-of-uric-acid-in-the-animal-body-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 May 2026

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