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Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'The action of radium on cancer cells. II.—Some factors determining the susceptibility of cancer cells to radium' by H G Crabtree and W Cramer

Reference number: RR/49/82

Date: 12 May 1933

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the paper be printed along with part I [RR/49/81]. 'The calculations of size and weight...need reconsideration. I find by experiment that the average volume of rather a large walnut is a little less than 16cc., of a hazel nut 2.6cc. Perhaps that authors meant to say "looked the size of a hazel nut" etc.'

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 13 May 1933.

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RR/49/82
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12 May 1933
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Arthur Edwin Boycott, Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'The action of radium on cancer cells. II.—Some factors determining the susceptibility of cancer cells to radium' by H G Crabtree and W Cramer, 12 May 1933, RR/49/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_49_82/referees-report-by-arthur-edwin-boycott-on-a-paper-the-action-of-radium-on-cancer-cells-iisome-factors-determining-the-susceptibility-of-cancer-cells-to-radium-by-h-g-crabtree-and-w-cramer, accessed on 15 September 2026

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