| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands ; v. 11 |
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History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
What did Willie want? -- Phytopathology: a private or a public institute? -- The lady from Roemer Visscherstraat -- 'Out in Baarn' -- Sturm und Drang -- 'Toil and moil' -- Triangular relations -- Charity begins at home |
| Summary |
Compared to a sick human being, a diseased plant is a simple object. You can cut it into pieces, examine parts of it under a microscope and perform all sorts of experiments with it, without the need for physical precautions or compassion. In other respects, however, physicians who deal with human diseases have an easy life. 'You physicians have only one species of patient, we phytopathologists have hundreds. Today we might be looking at a lily-of-the-valley, tomorrow an elm tree, the next day Java coffee, ' explains one of the phytopathologists in this book. For almost a hundred years, the Will |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Phytopathologisch Laboratorium Willie Commelin Scholten. -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Phytopathologisch Laboratorium Willie Commelin Scholten. fast |
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Baarn -- Phytopathologisch Laboratorium Willie Commelin Scholten. swd |
| Subject |
Plant diseases -- Research -- Netherlands -- History
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Plant pathologists -- Netherlands -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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SCIENCE -- General.
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Plant diseases -- Research
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Plant pathologists
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Netherlands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048521678 |
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904852167X |
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1283260085 |
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9781283260084 |
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9786613260086 |
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6613260088 |
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