

The Origin of Life 



Being an Account of Experiments with Certain 

 Superheated Saline Solutions in Hermeti- 

 cally Sealed Vessels 



By 



H. Charlton Bastian, M.D., F.R.S. 



Emeritus Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine 

 University College, London 



With Ten Plates, Containing Numerous Illustrations 



from Photomicrographs 



G. P. Putnam's Sons 



New York and London 



Cbe Iknicfeerbocfcer press 



1911 



