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Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'On the secretion and uses of the bile' by Benjamin Phillips

Reference number: RR/1/182

Date: 26 January 1833

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Referee doesn't explicitly state if the paper is recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although is very critical of it. Provides a fifteen point list of observations, all of which are negative.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1830].

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RR/1/182
Earliest possible date
26 January 1833
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Clift

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William Clift, Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'On the secretion and uses of the bile' by Benjamin Phillips, 26 January 1833, RR/1/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_182/referees-report-by-william-clift-on-a-paper-on-the-secretion-and-uses-of-the-bile-by-benjamin-phillips, accessed on 29 November 2023

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