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14 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 29 Feb 1920

Smith writes regarding his struggle to understand the term ‘tonus’ and the article ‘Postural activity of muscle and nerve’ by C S Sherrington, from the journal ‘Brain’. Smith also mentions a catalogue of veterinary manuscripts collected by Dr Charles Singer, copied out for Smith by Janet Bullock [catalogued at FS/1/1/2/12]; writing a review of ‘Physiology of Farm Animals’ by T B Wood and F H A Marshall; the veterinary school at Cambridge; typewriting paper; ‘Edinburgh Review’ article on Stephen Hales…

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