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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has been asked to review the paper due to a difference of opinion between the other referees. The paper does not add much to knowledge, and an abstract in the Proceedings would be sufficient. Disagrees with the use of the mean in the results.

Subject: Physiology

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

Reference number
RR/6/292
Earliest possible date
23 May 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Allen Miller

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William Allen Miller, Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'Research conducted for the medical department of the privy council at the pathological laboratory of St. Thomas's Hospital. First series.—The chemical nature and composition, combinations, and metamorphoses of the colouring-matters of bile' by Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum, 23 May 1868, RR/6/292, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_292/referees-report-by-william-allen-miller-on-a-paper-research-conducted-for-the-medical-department-of-the-privy-council-at-the-pathological-laboratory-of-st-thomass-hospital-first-seriesthe-chemical-nature-and-composition-combinations-and-metamorphoses-of-the-colouring-matters-of-bile-by-johann-ludwig-wilhelm-thudichum, accessed on 07 February 2025

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