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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests omitting some questionable passages. Refers to work of David Ferrier.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880]

Reference number
RR/8/169
Earliest possible date
28 July 1879
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Charlton Bastian

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Henry Charlton Bastian, Referee's report by Henry Charlton Bastian, on a paper 'Researches on the comparative structure of the cortex cerebri' by William Bevan Lewis, 28 July 1879, RR/8/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_169/referees-report-by-henry-charlton-bastian-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-comparative-structure-of-the-cortex-cerebri-by-william-bevan-lewis, accessed on 13 February 2025

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