Referee's report by Ernest Henry Starling, on a paper 'A contribution to the study of the mechanism of respiration, with especial reference to the action of the vertebral column and diaphragm' by J F Halls Dally Sectional Committee: Physiology Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. It is too long for the Procedings, unless condensed into an abstract. Suggests it might be more suited to an anatomical or physiological journal. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] Endorsed on verso as received 29 November 1907. [November 1907]