Sparks of life : Darwinism and the Victorian debates over spontaneous generation /
Strick, James Edgar,1956-
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.
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.
Spontaneous generation
Evolution (Biology)