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Referee's report by Peter Mark Roget, on a paper 'On the effects produced by poisonous fish on the human frame' by William Burnett

Reference number: RR/1/37

Date: 08 May 1846

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1842].

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RR/1/37
Earliest possible date
08 May 1846
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Mark Roget

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Peter Mark Roget, Referee's report by Peter Mark Roget, on a paper 'On the effects produced by poisonous fish on the human frame' by William Burnett, 08 May 1846, RR/1/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_37/referees-report-by-peter-mark-roget-on-a-paper-on-the-effects-produced-by-poisonous-fish-on-the-human-frame-by-william-burnett, accessed on 04 December 2025

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