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Paper reference code: B.136

Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommends the paper for publication in the Proceedings [of the Royal Society], in part. Suggests three sections to be removed.

[Not published under its full title but likely re-submitted as "The secretion of protein material in the parasympathetic submaxillary saliva" by the authors, sent in January 1938].

Received 4 May 1937

Reference number
RR/W/5/93
Earliest possible date
17 April 1937
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Standardised form (type D)
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2 pages
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Typescript
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John Mellanby

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John Mellanby, Referee's Report by [John] Mellanby on a paper 'The submaxillary gland of the cat as studied through its secretions under nerve stimulation and adrenalin administration' by [George] O Langstroth, D R McRae and [George] W Stavraky, 17 April 1937, RR/W/5/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_93/referees-report-by-john-mellanby-on-a-paper-the-submaxillary-gland-of-the-cat-as-studied-through-its-secretions-under-nerve-stimulation-and-adrenalin-administration-by-george-o-langstroth-d-r-mcrae-and-george-w-stavraky, accessed on 14 February 2026

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