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The paper appears to have defects that the ordinary reader wouldn't notice. The paper should be declined on the grounds that the referee considers it to be unsuitable as a simple contribution to Philosophical Transactions. Or the paper should be returned to the authors with the detailed criticism. Or the paper could be split into different parts and published in two or more journals.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1950].

Endorsd on recto as received 27 September 1949.

Reference number
RR/72/277
Earliest possible date
25 September 1949
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Percival Hartley

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Percival Hartley, Letter from Percival Hartley, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff to David Brunt, 25 September 1949, RR/72/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_277/letter-from-percival-hartley-on-a-paper-the-transplantation-of-normal-tissues-with-special-reference-to-auto-and-homotransplants-of-thyroid-and-spleen-in-the-anterior-chamber-of-the-eye-and-subcutaneously-in-guinea-pigs-by-michael-francis-addison-woodruff-and-hazel-g-woodruff-to-david-brunt, accessed on 12 February 2025

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