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Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the nerves which supply the muscular structure of the heart' by Robert Lee

Reference number: RR/2/134

Date: 07 April 1854

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The illustrative plate is the most important part of the paper. The intention of the paper is 'by no means fulfilled'. The nature of the nerves of the heart have been satisfactorily examined by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, Georg Friedrich Karl Heinrich von Bidder, Rudolf Wagner, Albert von Kölliker, etc.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/2/134
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07 April 1854
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the nerves which supply the muscular structure of the heart' by Robert Lee, 07 April 1854, RR/2/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_134/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-on-the-nerves-which-supply-the-muscular-structure-of-the-heart-by-robert-lee, accessed on 15 September 2024

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