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Referee's report by Sidney Martin, on two papers 'Virulence of desicated tubercular sputum' and 'Effects of exposure to liquid air upon the vitality and virulence of the bacillus tuberculosis' by Harold Swithinbank

Reference number: RR/15/263

Date: 19 July 1901

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Sectional committee: not stated

The first paper should be published in the Proceedings. The introductory part might be omitted as it deals with well know historical matter. It is important the author should add in his account of the postmortem examinations of the animals
The second paper should be published in the Proceedings. The photographs ought to be omitted, they show noting in particular.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1901].

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RR/15/263
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19 July 1901
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Referee's report by Sidney Martin, on two papers 'Virulence of desicated tubercular sputum' and 'Effects of exposure to liquid air upon the vitality and virulence of the bacillus tuberculosis' by Harold Swithinbank, 19 July 1901, RR/15/263, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_15_263/referees-report-by-sidney-martin-on-two-papers-virulence-of-desicated-tubercular-sputum-and-effects-of-exposure-to-liquid-air-upon-the-vitality-and-virulence-of-the-bacillus-tuberculosis-by-harold-swithinbank, accessed on 06 December 2024

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