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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions in its present form. He is not satisfied with the method of recording the experiment and the history section is too long and contains information which is already known. The paper is 'too unfinished to be accepted in its present condition' and its publication should be deferred until it is more complete.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1891].

Reference number
RR/11/96
Earliest possible date
1891
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
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 changes evoked in the circulation and respiration by electrical excitation of the floor of the 4th ventricle' by W G Spencer, 1891, RR/11/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_96/referees-report-by-walter-holbrook-gaskell-on-a-paper-on-the-changes-evoked-in-the-circulation-and-respiration-by-electrical-excitation-of-the-floor-of-the-4th-ventricle-by-w-g-spencer, accessed on 14 May 2026

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