Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum' by William James Erasmus Wilson
Reference number: RR/1/267
Date: 23 May 1843
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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'questionable whether the discovery of a new parasite of the human body be a quite approproate subject for the Philosophical Transactions'. It also contains 'little important details' and 'unneccesarily multiplied figures'.
Subject: Physiology
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1844].
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- RR/1/267
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- 23 May 1843
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Richard Owen, Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum' by William James Erasmus Wilson, 23 May 1843, RR/1/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_267/referees-report-by-richard-owen-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-structure-and-development-of-a-newly-discovered-parasitic-animalcule-of-the-human-skinthe-entozoon-folliculorum-by-william-james-erasmus-wilson, accessed on 06 February 2025
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XI. Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1844
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1844.0011
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Referees' reports: volume 1, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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