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Referee's report by Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'The origin and destination of certain afferent and efferent tracts in the medulla oblongata' by J S Risien Russell

Reference number: RR/13/259

Date: 20 May 1897

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is not of sufficient importance. The authors are seemingly not aware of results already found by previous researchers.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

Reference number
RR/13/259
Earliest possible date
20 May 1897
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Report on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Scott Sherrington

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Charles Scott Sherrington, Referee's report by Charles Scott Sherrington, on a paper 'The origin and destination of certain afferent and efferent tracts in the medulla oblongata' by J S Risien Russell, 20 May 1897, RR/13/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_259/referees-report-by-charles-scott-sherrington-on-a-paper-the-origin-and-destination-of-certain-afferent-and-efferent-tracts-in-the-medulla-oblongata-by-j-s-risien-russell, accessed on 17 June 2025

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