Sparks of life : Darwinism and the Victorian debates over spontaneous generation / James E. Strick.

  • Strick, James Edgar, 1956-
Date:
2000
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2000.

Physical description

xi, 283 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.

Contents

Spontaneous generation and early Victorian science -- "Molecular" theories and the conversion of Owen and Bennett -- Bastian as rising star -- Initial confrontation with the X club: 1870-1873 -- Colloids, pleomorphic theories, and cell theories: a state of flux -- Germ theories and the British medical community -- Purity and contamination: Tyndall's campaign as the final blow.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 067400292X