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dc.contributor.author | Gutsche, Thelma![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-18T06:53:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-18T06:53:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015 | |
dc.date.issued | 1979 | |
dc.description | The book has been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en_ZA |
dc.description | Includes index | |
dc.description.abstract | 1. The feral world -- 2. Africa South -- 3. The Theiler tale 1867-1891 -- 4. Vials of evil 1891-1893 -- 5. Sisyphus in the golden city 1893-1895 -- 6. Continental calamity 1895-1896 -- 7. Crescendo 1896-1897 -- 8. Crisis 1897 -- 9. Over the hill 1897-1898 --- 10. Into the world 1898-1899 -- 11. Horse doctor at war 1899-1900 -- 12. A country corrupted 1900 -- 13. Shuttlecock 1900-1901 -- 14. The vane changes 1901-1902 -- 15. Daspoort and the ‘reconstruction’ 1902-1903 -- 16. Evolution and revelation 1904-1905 -- 17. Upheaval 1905-1907 -- 18. Recognition 1907-1909 -- 19. Union ... and a swarm of gadflies 1909-1912 -- 20. Heresy and heroics 1912-1918 -- 21. 'Veni, Vidi, Vici!' 1918-1920 -- 22. Ambassador at large 1920-1924 -- 23. 'The Theiler institute' 1924-1927 -- 24. A throne between two stools 1927-1932 -- 25. Laurels, lions and Limbo 1932-1936 -- Postscript -- Appendices -- A. Natal Commission's report on Pitchford's Rinderpest claim 1897 -- B. Kruger's reply to Botha's birthday cable 1904 -- C. Lord Hastings' speech proposing Theiler for the Royal Agricultural Society's second award of its Gold Medal 1934 -- D. Smuts' address at unveiling of Theiler Statue 1939 -- E. Sequence of Theiler's principal awards -- F. Glossaries -- G. Bibliography and Sources -- Author’s note -- Index -- Footnotes by the author. | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | ab2015 | en_ZA |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Thelma Gutsche. | en_ZA |
dc.format.extent | 487 pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm | en_ZA |
dc.format.medium | Original: paper | en_ZA |
dc.format.medium | Digital: PDF | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Gutsche, T 1979, There was a man : the life and times of Sir Arnold Theiler, K.C.M.G., of Onderstepoort, Howard Timmins, Cape Town. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780869781647 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0869781642 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50502 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Cape Town : Howard Timmins | en_ZA |
dc.relation.requires | Adobe Reader version 8 or 9 | en |
dc.rights | Electronic copy: University of Pretoria ; Printed copy: Public domain. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Veterinarians | en_ZA |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Veterinary history | en_ZA |
dc.subject.ddc | 636.089092 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- History -- South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Theiler, Arnold (1867-1936) | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | South Africa -- Social life and customs | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinarians -- South Africa -- Biography | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Manners and customs | |
dc.title | There was a man : the life and times of Sir Arnold Theiler, K.C.M.G., of Onderstepoort | en_ZA |
dc.type | Book | en_ZA |
dc.type | Text | en_ZA |