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Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The visceral nervous system of the earthworm II. Evidence of chemical transmission and the action of sympatheticomimetic and parasympatheticomimetic drugs on the tone of the alimentary canal' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott

Reference number: RR/68/398

Date: 1943

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests clarifying references to adrenalin, which at present are variable. Suggests clarifying some aspects of the experiments relating to eserine.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/398
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1943
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John Zachary Young, Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The visceral nervous system of the earthworm II. Evidence of chemical transmission and the action of sympatheticomimetic and parasympatheticomimetic drugs on the tone of the alimentary canal' by Flight-lieutenant Norman Millott, 1943, RR/68/398, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_398/referees-report-by-john-zachary-young-on-a-paper-the-visceral-nervous-system-of-the-earthworm-ii-evidence-of-chemical-transmission-and-the-action-of-sympatheticomimetic-and-parasympatheticomimetic-drugs-on-the-tone-of-the-alimentary-canal-by-flight-lieutenant-norman-millott, accessed on 04 December 2024

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