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Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'A minute analysis (experimental) of the various movements produced by stimulating in the monkey different regions of the cortical centre for the upper limb, as defined by Professor Ferrier' by Charles E Beevor and Victor Horsley

Reference number: RR/9/327

Date: 22 May 1886

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The observations are 'new and of permanent value'. However, the paper has been sent in 'in so unprepared a state that it could not be placed in the printer's hands without revision and emendation'

Subject: Zoology/Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

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RR/9/327
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22 May 1886
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Referee's report by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, on a paper 'A minute analysis (experimental) of the various movements produced by stimulating in the monkey different regions of the cortical centre for the upper limb, as defined by Professor Ferrier' by Charles E Beevor and Victor Horsley, 22 May 1886, RR/9/327, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_327/referees-report-by-john-scott-burdon-sanderson-on-a-paper-a-minute-analysis-experimental-of-the-various-movements-produced-by-stimulating-in-the-monkey-different-regions-of-the-cortical-centre-for-the-upper-limb-as-defined-by-professor-ferrier-by-charles-e-beevor-and-victor-horsley, accessed on 09 May 2026

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