Referee's Report by R A [Ronald Aylmer] Fisher on two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea
Reference number: RR/W/7/40
Date: 06 January 1939
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Paper reference code: B.68 and B.69
Recommends that paper IV could be printed but paper V should be omitted. The experimental results in paper IV should be put on record if they are sound, despite the low precision of the data. Sees no reason for the extensive discussion of 'target' regions in paper V.
[Not published].
Received 11 January 1939
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Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Sir; Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Referee's Report by R A [Ronald Aylmer] Fisher on two papers, 'The action of radiations on bacteria. IV - the lethal action of soft X-rays' and 'The action of radiations on bacteria. V - the target theory', by R B Haines and D E Lea, 06 January 1939, RR/W/7/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_40/referees-report-by-r-a-ronald-aylmer-fisher-on-two-papers-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-iv-the-lethal-action-of-soft-x-rays-and-the-action-of-radiations-on-bacteria-v-the-target-theory-by-r-b-haines-and-d-e-lea, accessed on 14 October 2026
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