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/1/17
Date: 1848

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Suggests more detail to be given in some areas and condensation in other areas.
Subject: Physiology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1848].
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- RR/1/17
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- 1848
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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, 1848, RR/1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_17/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 20 April 2025
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XVII. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1848
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0017
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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
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