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Referee's report by John Sebastian Bach Stopford, on a paper 'A study of the arteries of the brain of the spiny anteater (Echidna aculeata), to illustrate the principles of arterial distribution' by Joseph L. Shellshear

Reference number: RR/40/85

Date: June 1929

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in full.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1930].

Endorsed on verso as received 4 June 1929.

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RR/40/85
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June 1929
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John Sebastian Bach Stopford, Referee's report by John Sebastian Bach Stopford, on a paper 'A study of the arteries of the brain of the spiny anteater (Echidna aculeata), to illustrate the principles of arterial distribution' by Joseph L. Shellshear, June 1929, RR/40/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_40_85/referees-report-by-john-sebastian-bach-stopford-on-a-paper-a-study-of-the-arteries-of-the-brain-of-the-spiny-anteater-echidna-aculeata-to-illustrate-the-principles-of-arterial-distribution-by-joseph-l-shellshear, accessed on 14 February 2026

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