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Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'On the structure and functional significance of the human Corpus callosum' by David James Hamilton

Reference number: RR/9/214

Date: 27 August 1884

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The paper should be returned to the author, 'in order that he may have an opportunity of adding the necessary proof and then of presenting his paper again to the Society'.

Subject: Physiology

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

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RR/9/214
Earliest possible date
27 August 1884
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Report on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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John Newport Langley

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John Newport Langley, Referee's report by John Newport Langley, on a paper 'On the structure and functional significance of the human Corpus callosum' by David James Hamilton, 27 August 1884, RR/9/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_214/referees-report-by-john-newport-langley-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-and-functional-significance-of-the-human-corpus-callosum-by-david-james-hamilton, accessed on 30 April 2025

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