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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'interesting', yet doesn't appear 'adaptable for publication'.

Subject: Physiology

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

Reference number
RR/1/219
Earliest possible date
25 June 1846
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Leith Roupell

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George Leith Roupell, Referee's report by George Leith Roupell, on a paper 'An account of the desquamation and change of colour in a 'negro' [sic] of Upper Guinea, West Africa' by Thomas S Savage, 25 June 1846, RR/1/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_219/referees-report-by-george-leith-roupell-on-a-paper-an-account-of-the-desquamation-and-change-of-colour-in-a-negro-sic-of-upper-guinea-west-africa-by-thomas-s-savage, accessed on 21 January 2025

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