Spontaneous generation in the 1870s : Victorian scientific naturalism and its relationship to medicine

In the 1870s a debate over the spontaneous generation of microorganisms took place in Britain. Much opposition to the doctrine of spontaneous generation came from the Victorian scientific naturalists, especially John Tyndall, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, London. This the...

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Main Author: Adam, Alison E.
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384469

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