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Referee's report by Frederick William Andrewes, on a paper 'A comparison of the activities antiseptics on bacteria and on leucocytes' by Alexander Fleming

Reference number: RR/28/133

Date: December 1923

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Suggests refering to proof of some of the statements would improve the impact of the paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1924]

Endorsed on verso as received 29 December 1923.

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RR/28/133
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December 1923
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Frederick William Andrewes

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Frederick William Andrewes, Referee's report by Frederick William Andrewes, on a paper 'A comparison of the activities antiseptics on bacteria and on leucocytes' by Alexander Fleming, December 1923, RR/28/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_28_133/referees-report-by-frederick-william-andrewes-on-a-paper-a-comparison-of-the-activities-antiseptics-on-bacteria-and-on-leucocytes-by-alexander-fleming, accessed on 14 May 2025

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