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Letter from William Turner, to Thomas Henry Huxley, regarding a paper 'On the placentation of the Apes, with a comparison of the structure of their placenta with that of the human female' by William Turner

Reference number: RR/8/145

Date: 27 March 1878

Description

Cannot make the reading of his paper. Requests Thomas Henry Huxley 'take charge of it'. Has received the plates, and if the paper is accepted, hopes they can be executed with the same care as in his previous memoirs.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/8/145
Earliest possible date
27 March 1878
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Turner, to Thomas Henry Huxley, regarding a paper 'On the placentation of the Apes, with a comparison of the structure of their placenta with that of the human female' by William Turner, 27 March 1878, RR/8/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_145/letter-from-william-turner-to-thomas-henry-huxley-regarding-a-paper-on-the-placentation-of-the-apes-with-a-comparison-of-the-structure-of-their-placenta-with-that-of-the-human-female-by-william-turner, accessed on 24 March 2025

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