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Referee's report by unknown referee, on a paper 'The brain the sole centre of the human nervous system' by Edwin Lee

Reference number: RR/1/143

Date: 1843

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains 'no original facts or arguments - a very large portion of it is taken up with quotations from the current works of physiology'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1843].

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RR/1/143
Earliest possible date
1843
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Referee's report by unknown referee, on a paper 'The brain the sole centre of the human nervous system' by Edwin Lee, 1843, RR/1/143, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_143/referees-report-by-unknown-referee-on-a-paper-the-brain-the-sole-centre-of-the-human-nervous-system-by-edwin-lee, accessed on 18 April 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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