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Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The results resemble those obtained by Charles Scott Sherrington and published in the Journal of Physiology for 1892. The points of difference with the results of Charles Scott Sherrington are not examined thoroughly. The description can be omitted as sufficient reference is given to previous writers. Further dissections should be made.

Subject: Physiology

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

Reference number
RR/12/30
Earliest possible date
1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'An experimental investigation of the nerve roots which enter into the formation of the lumbo-sacral plexus of Macacus rhesus' by J S Risien Russell, 1893, RR/12/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_30/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-an-experimental-investigation-of-the-nerve-roots-which-enter-into-the-formation-of-the-lumbo-sacral-plexus-of-macacus-rhesus-by-j-s-risien-russell, accessed on 20 June 2025

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