Referee's report from Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The actions of eserine-like compounds upon frog’s nerve-muscle preparations, and the blocking of neuromuscular conduction' by S L Cowan Sectional committee: Physiology Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The 22 pages of general discussion should be replaced with a shorter one. The paper could be published, so long as the suggestions are applied. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1940]. Endorsed on verso as received 1 February 1940. January 1940