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Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'Studies on adaptation' by Hans Selye

Reference number: RR/62/13

Date: 04 August 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The results and ideas are interesting, but add little of importance to that previously published by the author.

[Not published]

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RR/62/13
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04 August 1936
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Edwin Boycott

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Arthur Edwin Boycott, Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'Studies on adaptation' by Hans Selye, 04 August 1936, RR/62/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_62_13/referees-report-by-arthur-edwin-boycott-on-a-paper-studies-on-adaptation-by-hans-selye, accessed on 15 October 2026

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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