Abstract
Spontaneous generation is usually stated to have been laid to rest by Louis Pasteur with his swan-necked flask experiments. However, a century and a half earlier an Italian physician-Rabbi, Isaac Lampronti, was so convinced of the falsity of spontaneous generation that he was willing to overturn Jewish legal precedent.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1228-1229 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Francesco Redi
- Louis Pasteur
- germ theory
- spontaneous generation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases