... a result of this, a French scientist called Louis Pasteur began to develop the idea that decaying matter did not grow out of infected foods; that, instead, it was travelling through the air and thus spreading disease. Pasteur was able to prove his theory when he was asked to help a local brewer because his fermentation process to make alcohol was going wrong. After ... a series of careful experiments, Pasteur proved that microbes floated about in the air, landing on different substance, and so causing decay. He also experimented the effect of boiling food, placing it in a vacuum, and ex...

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... Lecture Notes, 1/10/03) Louis Pasteur, compelled to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation, performed the "swan neck tube experiment."" The broth was situated within the swan neck tube and air was permitted access to the broth, however, microbes were not permitted access to the broth. Louis Pasteur had proven that the spontaneous generation theory was incorrect. "By the middle of ... Justin von Liebig has asserted that sepsis was a kind of combustion caused by exposing moist body tissue to oxygen. It was therefore considered that the best prevention was to keep air away from woun...

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... salted meat, heat alternating with cold, battle stress or even the smell from the latrines caused all these diseases. A report in 1864 by the American Medical Association noted that the air was full of "pus corpuscles, floating about as dust," which would settle in the wounds and cause infection. These experts suggested that the need for better ventilation in the operating ... ...

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... , and then into proteins with the properties of life is entirely unrealistic. Life cannot be created from non-life. One experiement that disputes the spontaneous generation theory is that when air particles are exposed to food such as bread or broth and then are left sitting for a few days, they become filled with living microorganisms. These organisms come from a biological cause ... ...

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... and can be passed to any worm-blooded organism. Almost always, this virus is passed when an infected animal bites a worm-blooded organism. Rabies can also be transmitted through the air, like in caves of bats. But the virus can only spread from the saliva of the infected. Symptoms: The host will first develop flu like symptoms, with malaise, fever, or ... ...

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