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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests some of the conclusions require further qualification. The photographs require cleaning, and the figures require explanation. The specimen preparations belong to the Museum of the College of Surgeons, but there is no reference to this in the paper.

Remarks sent to the author 14 September 1866.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/220
Earliest possible date
31 July 1866
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Quain

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Richard Quain, Referee's report by Richard Quain, on a paper 'On the muscular arrangements of the bladder and prostate, and the manner in which the ureters and urethra are closed' by James Bell Pettigrew, 31 July 1866, RR/6/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_220/referees-report-by-richard-quain-on-a-paper-on-the-muscular-arrangements-of-the-bladder-and-prostate-and-the-manner-in-which-the-ureters-and-urethra-are-closed-by-james-bell-pettigrew, accessed on 14 November 2024

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