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RefNoHF/1/19/4/36/7
Previous numbers98HF.204.14.7
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Howard Walter Florey to W C Gibson, Department of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Date19 August 1961
DescriptionDiscusses Marshall Hall's paper on capillaries which was refused publication in Royal Society's Transactions - Hall published paper in 1831 - does not seem to have written in 1831 what he claimed, in 1857, to have done - comments on Hall's difficulties with the Royal Society - paper which seems to be about Hall's discovery of reflex action was turned down by Royal Society - copy of Hall's biography was presented to the Royal Society by Sherrington.
FormatCarbon copy
AccessStatusOpen
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