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Referee's report by John Stenhouse, on a paper 'On the immediate principles of human excrements in the healthy state' by William Marcet

Reference number: RR/3/188

Date: 15 April 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Although, he wishes that the author had had the paper's composition verified by a chemist with more analytical experience.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/188
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15 April 1857
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Stenhouse

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John Stenhouse, Referee's report by John Stenhouse, on a paper 'On the immediate principles of human excrements in the healthy state' by William Marcet, 15 April 1857, RR/3/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_188/referees-report-by-john-stenhouse-on-a-paper-on-the-immediate-principles-of-human-excrements-in-the-healthy-state-by-william-marcet, accessed on 09 July 2025

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