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Referee's report by William Bowman, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals, being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology' by H F Baxter

Reference number: RR/1/16

Date: 31 July 1848

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Second referee's report. Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as the author has made the necessary changes to his paper.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1848].

Reference number
RR/1/16
Earliest possible date
31 July 1848
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Bowman

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William Bowman, Referee's report by William Bowman, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current electricity are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals, being an attempt to apply some of the discoveries of Faraday to physiology' by H F Baxter, 31 July 1848, RR/1/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_16/referees-report-by-william-bowman-on-a-paper-an-experimental-inquiry-undertaken-with-the-view-of-ascertaining-whether-any-and-what-signs-of-current-electricity-are-manifested-during-the-organic-process-of-secretion-in-living-animals-being-an-attempt-to-apply-some-of-the-discoveries-of-faraday-to-physiology-by-h-f-baxter, accessed on 16 February 2026

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