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

Reference number: RR/W/1/46

Date: 16 November 1932

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Paper reference code: B.81

Suggests that Parsons reviews the comments made by [Arthur Stewart] Eve in his letter [of 2 November 1932, see RR/W/1/44]

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

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RR/W/1/46
Earliest possible date
16 November 1932
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from [Henry] H Dale to Sir John Parsons, regarding a paper 'Seeing with Closed Eyes' by A [Alexander Howard] Pirie, 16 November 1932, RR/W/1/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_46/letter-from-henry-h-dale-to-sir-john-parsons-regarding-a-paper-seeing-with-closed-eyes-by-a-alexander-howard-pirie, accessed on 11 July 2026

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