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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'Experiments upon the heart of the dog with reference to the maximum volume of blood sent out by the left ventricle in a single beat, and the influence of variations in venous pressure, arterial pressure, and pulse rate upon the work done by the heart' by William H Howell and F Donaldson

Reference number: RR/9/151

Date: 1883

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, due to the 'excellence of the work' and the 'extreme importance of the questions investigated'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].

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RR/9/151
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1883
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Report on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'Experiments upon the heart of the dog with reference to the maximum volume of blood sent out by the left ventricle in a single beat, and the influence of variations in venous pressure, arterial pressure, and pulse rate upon the work done by the heart' by William H Howell and F Donaldson, 1883, RR/9/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_151/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-experiments-upon-the-heart-of-the-dog-with-reference-to-the-maximum-volume-of-blood-sent-out-by-the-left-ventricle-in-a-single-beat-and-the-influence-of-variations-in-venous-pressure-arterial-pressure-and-pulse-rate-upon-the-work-done-by-the-heart-by-william-h-howell-and-f-donaldson, accessed on 11 July 2025

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