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Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the muscles which open the eustachian tube' by Joseph Toynbee

Reference number: RR/2/245

Date: 10 May 1853

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Thomas Wharton Jones, Josef Hyrtl, Longet [?], Albrecht von Haller, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Richard Owen and Charles Wheatstone.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/2/245
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10 May 1853
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Letter on paper
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the muscles which open the eustachian tube' by Joseph Toynbee, 10 May 1853, RR/2/245, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_245/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-on-the-muscles-which-open-the-eustachian-tube-by-joseph-toynbee, accessed on 21 January 2025

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