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Letter from Thomas Henry Huxley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the central nervous system vertebrate animals' by Alfred Sanders

Reference number: RR/8/136

Date: 18 July 1878

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The author's objections to a reduction in size and number of illustrations are reasonable. Suggests the author be allowed all illustrations in full. Max Johann Sigismund Schultze's artist may do an excellent job, but the author should be asked to cover the great expense of getting the plates to him.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1878]

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RR/8/136
Earliest possible date
18 July 1878
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Thomas Henry Huxley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Contributions to the anatomy of the central nervous system vertebrate animals' by Alfred Sanders, 18 July 1878, RR/8/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_136/letter-from-thomas-henry-huxley-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-contributions-to-the-anatomy-of-the-central-nervous-system-vertebrate-animals-by-alfred-sanders, accessed on 21 January 2026

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