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ERGOT has been under active scientific investigation for two generations, and has provided sociological problems for ten centuries; its secrets are now almost all laid bare, and at the moment when investigators are likely to turn aside from its study to that of other subjects, Prof. Barger has come forward to write its biography.* Usually a subject of so much interest attracts the notice of the mere collator; fortunately, ergot has not done so, and it has been left for the story to be written by a distinguished chemist, who may be congratulated on having sufficient imagination to realise how rich a story it could be. Few even of those who have worked on ergot would have guessed it.
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The History of Ergot. Nature 129, 335–336 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129335a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/129335a0