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Reference numberRR/67/12
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TitleLetter from William Ewart Gye, on a paper 'The production of cancer by pure hydrocarbons. V' by G M Badger, James Wilfred Cook, C L Hewett, Ernest Laurence Kennaway, N M Kennaway, R H Martin and A M Robinson to J C Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Date30 September 1940
DescriptionSectional committee: [Physiology]

Recommends the tables for publication as they offer evidence of association between molecular structure and carcinogenic activity. The tables are 'certainly formidable' but are of value. One of the footnotes is unclear and should be modified.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1940].

Date received not given.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspb.1940.0046
Related records in the catalogueRR/67/10
RR/67/11
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7895Gye; William Ewart (1884 - 1952)1884 - 1952
NA1891Cook; Sir; James Wilfred (1900 - 1975); chemist1900 - 1975
NA909Kennaway; Sir; Ernest Laurence (1881 - 1958)1881 - 1958
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