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Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'On the physiology of asphyxia, and on the anæsthetic action of pure nitrogen' by George Johnson

Reference number: RR/11/60

Date: 1891

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it the conclusions are not arrived at. There is not much difference between the full paper and the abstract, so it makes sense for just the abstract to be printed in Proceedings.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1890].

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RR/11/60
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1891
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Walter Holbrook Gaskell

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Walter Holbrook Gaskell, Referee's report by Walter Holbrook Gaskell, on a paper 'On the physiology of asphyxia, and on the anæsthetic action of pure nitrogen' by George Johnson, 1891, RR/11/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_60/referees-report-by-walter-holbrook-gaskell-on-a-paper-on-the-physiology-of-asphyxia-and-on-the-anæsthetic-action-of-pure-nitrogen-by-george-johnson, accessed on 17 January 2025

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