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Referee feels that he is not well-informed enough on the subject matter to come to a conclusion about the possibility of publication in Philosophical Transactions. He wishes the paper to be referered to the Committee of Chemistry.

Subject: Biology

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

Reference number
RR/1/198
Earliest possible date
November 1847
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On a function of the red corpuscles of the blood, and on the process of arterialization' by George Owen Rees, November 1847, RR/1/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_198/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-on-a-function-of-the-red-corpuscles-of-the-blood-and-on-the-process-of-arterialization-by-george-owen-rees, accessed on 20 March 2025

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