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Referee's report by Francis Galton, on a paper 'On the alleged increase of cancer' by George King and Arthur Newsholme

Reference number: RR/12/1

Date: 28 February 1893

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is more suited to an actuarial, statistical or medical society.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894]

Reference number
RR/12/1
Earliest possible date
28 February 1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Galton

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Francis Galton, Referee's report by Francis Galton, on a paper 'On the alleged increase of cancer' by George King and Arthur Newsholme, 28 February 1893, RR/12/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_1/referees-report-by-francis-galton-on-a-paper-on-the-alleged-increase-of-cancer-by-george-king-and-arthur-newsholme, accessed on 12 October 2024

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