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Referee's report by John Marshall, on a paper 'Tables of the weights of the human body and internal organs in the sane and insane of both sexes at various ages, arranged from 2614 post-mortem examinations' by Robert Boyd

Reference number: RR/4/18

Date: 09 May 1861

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It contains 'interesting' and 'valuable' information.

Subject: Anatomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861].

Reference number
RR/4/18
Earliest possible date
09 May 1861
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Marshall

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John Marshall, Referee's report by John Marshall, on a paper 'Tables of the weights of the human body and internal organs in the sane and insane of both sexes at various ages, arranged from 2614 post-mortem examinations' by Robert Boyd, 09 May 1861, RR/4/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_18/referees-report-by-john-marshall-on-a-paper-tables-of-the-weights-of-the-human-body-and-internal-organs-in-the-sane-and-insane-of-both-sexes-at-various-ages-arranged-from-2614-post-mortem-examinations-by-robert-boyd, accessed on 17 February 2025

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