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Referee's report by Henry Head, on a paper 'Brevity, frequency of rhythm, and amount of reflex nervous discharge, as indicated by reflex contraction' by N B Dreyer and Charles Scott Sherrington

Reference number: RR/25/7

Date: 12 June 1918

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1918]

Endorsed on verso as received 12 June 1919.

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RR/25/7
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12 June 1918
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Henry Head, Referee's report by Henry Head, on a paper 'Brevity, frequency of rhythm, and amount of reflex nervous discharge, as indicated by reflex contraction' by N B Dreyer and Charles Scott Sherrington, 12 June 1918, RR/25/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_25_7/referees-report-by-henry-head-on-a-paper-brevity-frequency-of-rhythm-and-amount-of-reflex-nervous-discharge-as-indicated-by-reflex-contraction-by-n-b-dreyer-and-charles-scott-sherrington, accessed on 16 January 2025

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