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Letter from Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'On a special action of the serum of highly immunised animals, and its use for diagnostic and other purposes' by Herbert E Durham to Michael Foster

Reference number: RR/13/21

Date: 01 February 1896

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The author is anxious to publish his paper soon, as his chemical reactions of serums to germs won't be ready for around a year. He does not want to defer the paper to make it more complete. Although the abstract exists in Proceedings, the full paper should be send to the Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1895].

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RR/13/21
Earliest possible date
01 February 1896
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Scott Sherrington

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Charles Scott Sherrington, Letter from Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'On a special action of the serum of highly immunised animals, and its use for diagnostic and other purposes' by Herbert E Durham to Michael Foster, 01 February 1896, RR/13/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_21/letter-from-charles-scott-sherrington-on-a-paper-on-a-special-action-of-the-serum-of-highly-immunised-animals-and-its-use-for-diagnostic-and-other-purposes-by-herbert-e-durham-to-michael-foster, accessed on 20 January 2025

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