Spontaneous Generation and an Eighteenth Century Italian Rabbi-Physician

Ben Z. Katz

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000002462

Spontaneous Generation and an Eighteenth Century Italian Rabbi-Physician

Ben Z. Katz

Pediatrics

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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)
Pages (from-to)	1228-1229
Number of pages	2
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002462
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

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Katz, B. Z. (Accepted/In press). Spontaneous Generation and an Eighteenth Century Italian Rabbi-Physician. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1228-1229. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002462

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