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Letter from Michael Foster, on a paper 'The localization of function in the brain' by David Ferrier to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/301

Date: 15 November 1874

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He has read the 'red ink' additions to the paper and approves of them.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1873].

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RR/7/301
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15 November 1874
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Foster

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Michael Foster, Letter from Michael Foster, on a paper 'The localization of function in the brain' by David Ferrier to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 November 1874, RR/7/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_301/letter-from-michael-foster-on-a-paper-the-localization-of-function-in-the-brain-by-david-ferrier-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2024

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