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Letter from John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The thickness of the myelin sheaths of normal and regenerating peripheral nerve fibres' by F K Sanders to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/70/213

Date: 12 November 1947

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He is prepared to take on the Chairmanship of the Sectional Committee for Zoology. He has read the other referee's comments on the paper but thinks one of their suggestions would make the paper difficult to understand. Asks if he can discuss these points with the referee.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1948].

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RR/70/213
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12 November 1947
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Letter on paper
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John Zachary Young, Letter from John Zachary Young, on a paper 'The thickness of the myelin sheaths of normal and regenerating peripheral nerve fibres' by F K Sanders to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 12 November 1947, RR/70/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_213/letter-from-john-zachary-young-on-a-paper-the-thickness-of-the-myelin-sheaths-of-normal-and-regenerating-peripheral-nerve-fibres-by-f-k-sanders-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 05 December 2024

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