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LINDORF, Helga. José María Vargas and Tobías Lasser, two distinguished physicians and botanists from Venezuela. Acta Bot. Venez. [online]. 2011, vol.34, n.1, pp.215-222. ISSN 0084-5906.

The Venezuelan scientific community celebrates two important anniversaries in 2011: 225 years of the birthday of José María Vargas, and the birth centennial of Tobías Lasser. In this paper the professional lives and achievements of these two eminent physicians and botanists are exposed and compared.