Referee's report by Thomas Gregor Brodie, 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reference to the action of the vertebral column and diaphragm' by J F Halls Dally Sectional Committee: Physiology Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. On first reading thought the extensive, detailed anatomical descriptions to be unnecessary, but on second reading thought it would 'spoil the paper' to leave it out. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] Endorsed on verso as received 22 December 1907. [December 1907]