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Referee's report by Michael Foster, on a paper 'The structure of the mucous membrane of the uterus and its periodical changes' by John Williams

Reference number: RR/7/352

Date: 1874

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, in it's present form. The author's specimens 'do not seem to have been examined with the completeness necessary to form a distinct histological point'.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/7/352
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1874
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Report 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, Referee's report by Michael Foster, on a paper 'The structure of the mucous membrane of the uterus and its periodical changes' by John Williams, 1874, RR/7/352, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_352/referees-report-by-michael-foster-on-a-paper-the-structure-of-the-mucous-membrane-of-the-uterus-and-its-periodical-changes-by-john-williams, accessed on 07 June 2026

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