Historical Events tagged with "spontaneous generation"

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Pasteur and Bernard Disprove Spontaneous Generation

April 20th, 1862 162 years ago

Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard conducted experiments that demonstrated the invalidity of the theory of spontaneous generation. They showed that microorganisms did not arise spontaneously from non-living matter but rather from existing microorganisms. This marked a pivotal moment in microbiology and set the foundation for germ theory, critical for advancements in medicine and public health.

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