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Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On the development of the ductless glands in the chick' by Henry Gray

Reference number: RR/2/79

Date: 17 March 1852

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Albert von Kölliker 'Mikroskopische Anatomie', work on the spleen by Arnold [?] and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and previous observations by John Goodsir published in the Philosophical Transactions in 1846.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/79
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17 March 1852
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On the development of the ductless glands in the chick' by Henry Gray, 17 March 1852, RR/2/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_79/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-on-the-development-of-the-ductless-glands-in-the-chick-by-henry-gray, accessed on 11 February 2026

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