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Referee's report by Arthur Gamgee, on a paper 'The influence of removal of the large intestine and increasing quantities of fat in the diet on general metabolism in dogs' by Vaughan Harley

Reference number: RR/14/53

Date: 30 October 1898

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not think the sample size was great enough to draw firm conclusions. The conclusions drawn in the paper have already been arrived at by other researchers using 'much more reliable and less objectionable methods of research'.

Subject: Physiology

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

Endorsed on verso as received 2 November 1898.

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RR/14/53
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30 October 1898
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Gamgee, Referee's report by Arthur Gamgee, on a paper 'The influence of removal of the large intestine and increasing quantities of fat in the diet on general metabolism in dogs' by Vaughan Harley, 30 October 1898, RR/14/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_53/referees-report-by-arthur-gamgee-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-removal-of-the-large-intestine-and-increasing-quantities-of-fat-in-the-diet-on-general-metabolism-in-dogs-by-vaughan-harley, accessed on 18 January 2025

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