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Referee's report by [Sir Patrick Playfair] Laidlaw, on a paper 'The origin and nature of the matrix in dentine and bone' by E [Wilfred] Fish

Reference number: RR/W/3/3

Date: 30 July 1935

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Paper reference code: B.51

Sectional committee: Physiology

Does not recommend the paper for publication in the Proceedings of the [Royal] Society. The paper primarily restates the author's previous work, citing [Proceedings of the Royal Society] B 108 [issue] 196 and [Philosophical Transactions] B 223 [issue] 489. Highlights one aspect of the paper as 'original even fantastic'.

Received 13 August 1935

[Not published]

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RR/W/3/3
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30 July 1935
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Patrick Playfair Laidlaw, Referee's report by [Sir Patrick Playfair] Laidlaw, on a paper 'The origin and nature of the matrix in dentine and bone' by E [Wilfred] Fish, 30 July 1935, RR/W/3/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_3_3/referees-report-by-sir-patrick-playfair-laidlaw-on-a-paper-the-origin-and-nature-of-the-matrix-in-dentine-and-bone-by-e-wilfred-fish, accessed on 15 October 2026

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