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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry into the constitution of blood and the nutrition of muscular tissue' by William Marcet

Reference number: RR/7/109

Date: 20 October 1871

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper cannot be read without 'being struck with the extraordinary industry and perseverance with which the researches have been carried out'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1870].

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RR/7/109
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20 October 1871
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Report on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry into the constitution of blood and the nutrition of muscular tissue' by William Marcet, 20 October 1871, RR/7/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_109/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-an-experimental-inquiry-into-the-constitution-of-blood-and-the-nutrition-of-muscular-tissue-by-william-marcet, accessed on 20 March 2025

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