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Letter from [Arthur Stewart] Eve to Sir Henry H Dale, regarding a paper 'Seeing with Closed Eyes' by A [Alexander Howard] Pirie

Reference number: RR/W/1/45

Date: 12 November 1932

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Paper reference code: B.81

Asks for the paper to be withdrawn so Pirie can submit it to a medical journal.

[Not published but published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, 27, 5, 1932, pp.488-490].

Received 23 November 1932

Reference number
RR/W/1/45
Earliest possible date
12 November 1932
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter from [Arthur Stewart] Eve to Sir Henry H Dale, regarding a paper 'Seeing with Closed Eyes' by A [Alexander Howard] Pirie, 12 November 1932, RR/W/1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_45/letter-from-arthur-stewart-eve-to-sir-henry-h-dale-regarding-a-paper-seeing-with-closed-eyes-by-a-alexander-howard-pirie, accessed on 17 July 2026

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