Evolution and the origin of life / by H. Charlton Bastian.

  • Henry Charlton Bastian
Date:
1874
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Credit: Evolution and the origin of life / by H. Charlton Bastian. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may De-energize the Former but not the La'ter—Experi- ments with Infusions of Different Strengths tend to Prove this — Reasons for Believing the Delayed Putrefaction in Inoculated Organic Fluids Heated to 140° F. to be due to the Mere Organic Matter of the Inoculating Medium — Proof of this—And proof by New Experiments that Bacteria and their Germs are Killed in Organic Fluids Heated to 140° F 101-112 Uniformity of Evidence as to Death-point of Living Ferments—Important Difference between Living and Not- Living Ferments as regards their Power of Resisting He^t —This Point of View Steadfastly Ignored by M. Pasteur and his Followers—Absence of all Evidence to Show that Heat is Less Destructive to Living Matter in Some Fluids than in Others—M. Pasteur's Experiments never Distinctly capable of Supporting such a Conclusion—He Ignored an Equally Possible though Opposite Interpretation whose Truth has been now Established . 112-116 Inadequacy of M. Pasteur's ' Vital Theory' of Fermen- tation—What New Experiments Teach—Three Degrees of Fermentability — Self-Fermentable Fluids — Tabular Statement Concerning—Second Degree of Fermentability —Explanation of M. Pasteur's Celebrated Experiments in which he Sowed mere Organic Fragments and called ihem ' Germs ' — Explanation of Other Experiments— Origin of Torulse—Meaning of their Appearance—Fer- mentation may gradually Merge into Putrefaction—T bird < r Lowest Degree of Fermentability—Fluids which only Change under Inlluence of Most Potent Ferments (Living Organisms)—Uniformity of Results in Inoculation Experi- ments This Adverse to Explanation of Cases of Delayed or Smouldering Fermentation by M. Pasteur's Theory— Living Ferments Act Promptly and with Regularity Not-living Ferments often Act Slowly and with Great Irregularity—Results of Several Series of Different Experi- ments point to Archebiosis as the only Means of Recon- ciliation—Conclusions • • 116-129
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