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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Wishes to correct his previous opinions, and advise against a grant for publication in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. As editor of that journal, he would not accept the paper in its present form, as the paper requires further work.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on recto as received 11 March 1899.

Reference number
RR/14/198
Earliest possible date
10 March 1899
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Second referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the gastric gland of mollusca and decapod crustacea: its structure and functions' by C A MacMunn, 10 March 1899, RR/14/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_198/second-referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-on-the-gastric-gland-of-mollusca-and-decapod-crustacea-its-structure-and-functions-by-c-a-macmunn, accessed on 21 March 2025

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