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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the functions of the cerebellum' by William Howship Dickinson

Reference number: RR/5/61

Date: 13 April 1864

Description

Asks permission from the Council to allow William Howship Dickinson to withdraw his paper on the cerebellum.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1864]

Reference number
RR/5/61
Earliest possible date
13 April 1864
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the functions of the cerebellum' by William Howship Dickinson, 13 April 1864, RR/5/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_61/letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-the-functions-of-the-cerebellum-by-william-howship-dickinson, accessed on 13 February 2026

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