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Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The pigmentary effector system VIII—The dual receptive mechanism of the amphibian background response' by Lancelot Hogben and David Slome

Reference number: RR/56/19

Date: November 1935

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the paper be rewritten to clearly show the steps of the demonstration, which at present read more like a descriptive article or lecture.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 22 November 1935.

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RR/56/19
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November 1935
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Henry Hallett Dale, Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The pigmentary effector system VIII—The dual receptive mechanism of the amphibian background response' by Lancelot Hogben and David Slome, November 1935, RR/56/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_56_19/referees-report-by-henry-hallett-dale-on-a-paper-the-pigmentary-effector-system-viiithe-dual-receptive-mechanism-of-the-amphibian-background-response-by-lancelot-hogben-and-david-slome, accessed on 14 January 2025

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