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Referee's report by Henry George Plimmer, on a paper 'On the alleged increase of cancer' by Walter Francis Willcox

Reference number: RR/24/92

Date: February 1917

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is only of interest to statisticians, and the results are not of practical or theoretical use. The author does not define his use of the term 'cancer'.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 6 February 1917.

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RR/24/92
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February 1917
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry George Plimmer

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Henry George Plimmer, Referee's report by Henry George Plimmer, on a paper 'On the alleged increase of cancer' by Walter Francis Willcox, February 1917, RR/24/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_24_92/referees-report-by-henry-george-plimmer-on-a-paper-on-the-alleged-increase-of-cancer-by-walter-francis-willcox, accessed on 12 May 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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