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Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'On the development of the great anterior veins in man and mammalia; including an account of certain remnants of foetal structure found in the adult, a comparative view of these great veins the different mammalia, and an analysis of their occasional peculiarities in the human subject' by John Marshall

Reference number: RR/2/149

Date: 16 October 1849

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Martin Rathke and Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben. Makes note of faults and omissions on the part of the author.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/149
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16 October 1849
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Letter on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Owen, Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'On the development of the great anterior veins in man and mammalia; including an account of certain remnants of foetal structure found in the adult, a comparative view of these great veins the different mammalia, and an analysis of their occasional peculiarities in the human subject' by John Marshall, 16 October 1849, RR/2/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_149/referees-report-by-richard-owen-on-a-paper-on-the-development-of-the-great-anterior-veins-in-man-and-mammalia-including-an-account-of-certain-remnants-of-foetal-structure-found-in-the-adult-a-comparative-view-of-these-great-veins-the-different-mammalia-and-an-analysis-of-their-occasional-peculiarities-in-the-human-subject-by-john-marshall, accessed on 14 February 2025

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