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Referee's report by Peter Brian Medawar, on a paper 'Foetal regression in rabbits: experimental studies of histolysis and phagocytosis' by Megan Henderson

Reference number: RR/80/29

Date: 09 June 1953

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Paper reference code: B.22

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings, subject to a reduction in length of 25%. Provides specific feedback on how the discussion section could be rewritten to achieve this.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1954].

Date received not given.

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RR/80/29
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09 June 1953
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1 page
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Typescript

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Peter Brian Medawar

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Peter Brian Medawar, Referee's report by Peter Brian Medawar, on a paper 'Foetal regression in rabbits: experimental studies of histolysis and phagocytosis' by Megan Henderson, 09 June 1953, RR/80/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_80_29/referees-report-by-peter-brian-medawar-on-a-paper-foetal-regression-in-rabbits-experimental-studies-of-histolysis-and-phagocytosis-by-megan-henderson, accessed on 15 October 2026

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