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most important. The sixth paper is excellent and would suffice 

 to establish his claim if it were not in the main composed of 

 borrowed matter. The first paper in its original unamended 

 form in 1821 is unsatisfactory and in its republished form after 

 1822 is in substance a falsified document. 



There is no escape from the conclusion that Bell's claim as a 

 discoverer was a carefully fabricated claim and that the discovery 

 of the distinction between motor and sensory nerves belongs 

 entirely to Magendie. 



