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Referee's report by John Gray McKendrick, on a paper 'The retinal current of the frog's eye, excited by light and excited electrically' by Dr Augustus Desire Waller

Reference number: RR/15/127

Date: April 1900

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, no modifications seem to be necessary and all the illustrations are necessary and can be easily reproduced. The paper is a valuable contribution to a difficult and interesting subject. After going over the same ground as has been traveresed by others, the author has extended the research in various directions with the aid of new and improved methods. The numerical data supplied are of much value.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1900].

Endorsed on verso as received 5 April 1900.

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John Gray McKendrick, Referee's report by John Gray McKendrick, on a paper 'The retinal current of the frog's eye, excited by light and excited electrically' by Dr Augustus Desire Waller, April 1900, RR/15/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_127/referees-report-by-john-gray-mckendrick-on-a-paper-the-retinal-current-of-the-frogs-eye-excited-by-light-and-excited-electrically-by-dr-augustus-desire-waller, accessed on 16 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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