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Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'Electrical activity of the central nervous system of the frog' by R W Gerard and John Zachary Young

Reference number: RR/59/95

Date: 04 November 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The only observation of interest is of the frog's olfactory bulb, which could be published as a note. The rest of the paper requires further working out.

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

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RR/59/95
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04 November 1936
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge, on a paper 'Electrical activity of the central nervous system of the frog' by R W Gerard and John Zachary Young, 04 November 1936, RR/59/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_95/referees-report-by-edgar-douglas-adrian-1st-baron-adrian-of-cambridge-on-a-paper-electrical-activity-of-the-central-nervous-system-of-the-frog-by-r-w-gerard-and-john-zachary-young, accessed on 05 December 2024

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