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Jan 12, 1579
Jan Baptist was born
Born on the 12th of januray in 1579 -
Francesco Redi was born
Abiogenesis -
John Needham was born
John Needham was born
Spontaneous generation -
Lazzaro Spallanzani was born
Biogenesis -
Lazzaro suggests mircobes
Spallanzani was a Catholic who researched the theory about the spontaneous generation of cellular life in 1768. His experiment suggested that microbes move through the air and that they could be killed through boiling -
Lazzaro- digestion
Here he first interpreted the process of digestion, which he proved to be no mere mechanical process of trituration - that is, of grinding up the food - but one of actual chemical solution, taking place primarily in the stomach, by the action of the gastric juice. He also carried out important researches on fertilization in animals -
Louis Pasteur was born