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Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, on a paper 'Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibres of cephalopods' by John Zachary Young

Reference number: RR/65/288

Date: November 1938

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He has 'nothing but praise' for the paper. The use of the word 'usually' in the paper should be modified.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1939].

Endorsed on verso as received 3 November 1938.

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RR/65/288
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November 1938
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, on a paper 'Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibres of cephalopods' by John Zachary Young, November 1938, RR/65/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_288/referees-report-by-edgar-douglas-adrian-on-a-paper-fused-neurons-and-synaptic-contacts-in-the-giant-nerve-fibres-of-cephalopods-by-john-zachary-young, accessed on 25 June 2025

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