Referee's report by Oliver Joseph Lodge, on a paper [attributed] 'The characteristic of nerve' by Augustus Desire Waller Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Suggests the paper would have been expressed differently by a physicist. There is much assumption in the paper. The introduction is written in such a way as to give misleading ideas. Subject: Physics and Chemistry [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] Endorsed on recto as received 1 May 1899. 14 April 1899