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Dec 24, 2022 · Louis Pasteur’s pasteurization experiment illustrates the fact that the spoilage of liquid was caused by particles in the air rather than the air itself. These experiments were important pieces of evidence supporting the idea of germ theory of disease.
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In 1858, Pasteur filtered air through a gun-cotton filter and, upon microscopic examination of the cotton, found it full of microorganisms, suggesting that the exposure of a broth to air was not introducing a “life force” to the broth but rather airborne microorganisms.
Apr 18, 2022 · In 1865, Joseph Lister (1827–1912), a Scottish surgeon in Glasgow (Figure 2), learned Louis Pasteur’s theory that microorganisms cause infection. Using phenol as an antiseptic, he reduced the mortality of amputee patients to 15% in four years, compared to 45–50% who died of sepsis previously.
- Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Sandra Legout
- Biomolecules. 2022 Apr; 12(4): 596.
- 10.3390/biom12040596
- 2022/04
Experimental approach. Early tests. Pasteur and Tyndall. See also. References. Spontaneous generation of seashells, according to Aristotle, varied with the nature of the seabed. Slime gave rise to oysters; sand, to scallops; and the hollows of rocks, to limpets and barnacles.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) was one of the earliest recorded scholars to articulate the theory of spontaneous generation, the notion that life can arise from nonliving matter. Aristotle proposed that life arose from nonliving material if the material contained pneuma (“vital heat”).
