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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The innervation and actions of the neurophypophysis; an investigation using the method of remote-control stimulation' by Geoffrey Wingfield Harris to Joseph Barcroft

Reference number: RR/69/143

Date: 02 August 1945

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Asks if Verney and Burn would be suitable referees. Asks if he is willing to pass the paper is reports are favourable.

Barcroft replies that he thought Le Gros-Clark would be better, but he still agrees to both choices

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1947].

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RR/69/143
Earliest possible date
02 August 1945
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
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1 page
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Typescript
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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The innervation and actions of the neurophypophysis; an investigation using the method of remote-control stimulation' by Geoffrey Wingfield Harris to Joseph Barcroft, 02 August 1945, RR/69/143, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_143/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-innervation-and-actions-of-the-neurophypophysis-an-investigation-using-the-method-of-remote-control-stimulation-by-geoffrey-wingfield-harris-to-joseph-barcroft, accessed on 08 February 2026

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