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Letter from George Busk, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the cysticercus cellulosœ as found in the muscles of the pig' by George Rainey

Reference number: RR/3/227

Date: 18 June 1856

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Referee claims to have 'a very different opinion as to the merits of his paper'. Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/227
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18 June 1856
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Letter from George Busk, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the cysticercus cellulosœ as found in the muscles of the pig' by George Rainey, 18 June 1856, RR/3/227, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_227/letter-from-george-busk-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-and-development-of-the-cysticercus-cellulosœ-as-found-in-the-muscles-of-the-pig-by-george-rainey, accessed on 22 April 2025

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