William Henry Holmes, Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology, ca. 1905

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BHL Institutional Council | Woods Hole | May 2013

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I am thrilled with what I have been able to find re: archaic mammary embryology some of which I had been hoping to find at the National Library of Medicine, and to get it through your program was a huge advantage. Last night I believe I requested and received 11 PDFs, all of which are essential to a review paper* I am completing.

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* “Evo-Devo of the Mammary Gland” by Oftedal, et al.Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia (May 2013)

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