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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests that some of the passages are a little too controversial for inclusion, and that one figure by R Hartmann should be refereced rather than printed.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

Reference number
RR/5/16
Earliest possible date
21 November 1864
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'New observations upon the minute anatomy of the papillae of the frog's tongue' by Lionel Smith Beale, 21 November 1864, RR/5/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_16/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-new-observations-upon-the-minute-anatomy-of-the-papillae-of-the-frogs-tongue-by-lionel-smith-beale, accessed on 06 February 2025

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