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Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'Fatigue and neuromuscular block in mammalian skeletal muscle' by George Lindor Brown and Benedict Delisle Burns

Reference number: RR/71/56

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', if revised. Finds the conclusions to be wrong. Is willing to discuss the paper with the authors with the Secretary's permission. Provides detailed criticism of the paper.

Appended letter, dated 9 November 1948, from Archibald Vivian Hill. Reported on the paper in July, which was recently returned to the authors, who have discussed the paper with him. They have agreed to rewrite the paper in light of his criticisms. Encloses revised paper. The paper is much improved with nothing to criticise. Endorsed on recto as received 10 November 1948.

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

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RR/71/56
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1948
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Archibald Vivian Hill, Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'Fatigue and neuromuscular block in mammalian skeletal muscle' by George Lindor Brown and Benedict Delisle Burns, 1948, RR/71/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_56/referees-report-by-archibald-vivian-hill-on-a-paper-fatigue-and-neuromuscular-block-in-mammalian-skeletal-muscle-by-george-lindor-brown-and-benedict-delisle-burns, accessed on 22 January 2025

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