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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in it's current form. Discusses the controversial conclusions drawn in the paper, which disagree with the conclusions of many other researchers on the subject. Thinks the conclusions offered need more conclusive evidence.

Subject: Physiology

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

Reference number
RR/5/17
Earliest possible date
December 1864
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Scovell Savory

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William Scovell Savory, Referee's report by William Scovell Savory, on a paper 'New observations upon the minute anatomy of the papillae of the frog's tongue' by Lionel Smith Beale, December 1864, RR/5/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_17/referees-report-by-william-scovell-savory-on-a-paper-new-observations-upon-the-minute-anatomy-of-the-papillae-of-the-frogs-tongue-by-lionel-smith-beale, accessed on 07 October 2024

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