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Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry into the alleged sugar-forming function of the liver' by Frederick William Pavy

Reference number: RR/3/212

Date: 31 July 1858

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The tone of the paper isn't good and the title is controversial. It should be not be published in its present form and should be cut down to around a fourth or fifth of its current length.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857].

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RR/3/212
Earliest possible date
31 July 1858
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Allen Miller

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William Allen Miller, Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry into the alleged sugar-forming function of the liver' by Frederick William Pavy, 31 July 1858, RR/3/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_212/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-an-experimental-inquiry-into-the-alleged-sugar-forming-function-of-the-liver-by-frederick-william-pavy, accessed on 21 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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