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Referee's report by Herbert Mayo, on a paper 'On the Function of the Medulla Oblongata and Medulla Spinalis, and on the Excito-motory System of Nerves' by Marshall Hall

Reference number: RR/1/86

Date: 09 May 1837

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although the new facts discovered in this paper could be added as a supllement to his previous paper on the subject. Paper was subsequently withdrawn by the author [see MC/2/255].

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1837].

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RR/1/86
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09 May 1837
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Herbert Mayo

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Herbert Mayo, Referee's report by Herbert Mayo, on a paper 'On the Function of the Medulla Oblongata and Medulla Spinalis, and on the Excito-motory System of Nerves' by Marshall Hall, 09 May 1837, RR/1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_86/referees-report-by-herbert-mayo-on-a-paper-on-the-function-of-the-medulla-oblongata-and-medulla-spinalis-and-on-the-excito-motory-system-of-nerves-by-marshall-hall, accessed on 24 March 2025

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