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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Observations on the nervous system of Aurelia aurita' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer

Reference number: RR/8/137

Date: 21 January 1878

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Publication depends upon whether the conclusions are justified. Refers to work of Albert von Kölliker, Max Johann Sigismund Schultze and George John Romanes. Suggests a fuller histology could have been included. Considers the investigations not of great depth. Considers the conclusions 'too dubious' for the paper to be suited for the Philosophical Transactions. The paper is however interesting in the speculation it raises.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/8/137
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21 January 1878
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'Observations on the nervous system of Aurelia aurita' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, 21 January 1878, RR/8/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_137/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-observations-on-the-nervous-system-of-aurelia-aurita-by-edward-albert-sharpey-schafer, accessed on 15 May 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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