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Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'The action of potassium and other ions on the injury potential and action current in maia nerve' by S L Cowan

Reference number: RR/53/38

Date: March 1934

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper might be reduced in length, but as 'it clears up a good many doubtful points and contributes new results of great interest' it may not be advantageous to shorten the paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 14 March 1934.

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RR/53/38
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March 1934
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'The action of potassium and other ions on the injury potential and action current in maia nerve' by S L Cowan, March 1934, RR/53/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_53_38/referees-report-by-edgar-douglas-adrian-1st-baron-adrian-of-cambridge-on-a-paper-the-action-of-potassium-and-other-ions-on-the-injury-potential-and-action-current-in-maia-nerve-by-s-l-cowan, accessed on 07 October 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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