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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the anatomy of the medicinal leech' by George Newport

Reference number: RR/1/173

Date: c. 1835

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The referee believes that 'our knowledge of the nature of the respiratory organ itself is not materially enlarged' by the paper. The experiments on the leech are 'inconclusive'.

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RR/1/173
Earliest possible date
c. 1835
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Referee's report by unnamed referee, on a paper 'On the anatomy of the medicinal leech' by George Newport, c. 1835, RR/1/173, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_173/referees-report-by-unnamed-referee-on-a-paper-on-the-anatomy-of-the-medicinal-leech-by-george-newport, accessed on 17 May 2025

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