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Letter from J S Risien Russell, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding 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

Reference number: RR/12/31

Date: 03 July 1893

Description

Responds to each of the criticisms in turn. Argues for the inclusion of both plexus figures. Corrects a misunderstanding arising from one of the diagrams.

Subject: Physiology

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

Reference number
RR/12/31
Earliest possible date
03 July 1893
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from J S Risien Russell, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding 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, 03 July 1893, RR/12/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_31/letter-from-j-s-risien-russell-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-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 08 February 2025

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