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Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'Experiments in examination of the peripheral distribution of the fibres of the posterior roots of some spinal nerves' by Charles Scott Sherrington

Reference number: RR/12/37

Date: 30 January 1893

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests reducing the length of the experimental description and the number of associated diagrams.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1893]

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RR/12/37
Earliest possible date
30 January 1893
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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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 'Experiments in examination of the peripheral distribution of the fibres of the posterior roots of some spinal nerves' by Charles Scott Sherrington, 30 January 1893, RR/12/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_37/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-experiments-in-examination-of-the-peripheral-distribution-of-the-fibres-of-the-posterior-roots-of-some-spinal-nerves-by-charles-scott-sherrington, accessed on 06 November 2025

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