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Referee's report by William Scovell Savory, on the Croonian Lecture 'On the influence exercised by the movements of respiration on the circulation of the blood' by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

Reference number: RR/6/264

Date: 04 April 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Gives a thorough overview of the paper. Refers to work of John Reid and Claude Bernard. Suggests the experiments should be further explained.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/264
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04 April 1867
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Letter on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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William Scovell Savory

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William Scovell Savory, Referee's report by William Scovell Savory, on the Croonian Lecture 'On the influence exercised by the movements of respiration on the circulation of the blood' by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 04 April 1867, RR/6/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_264/referees-report-by-william-scovell-savory-on-the-croonian-lecture-on-the-influence-exercised-by-the-movements-of-respiration-on-the-circulation-of-the-blood-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson, accessed on 12 November 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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