xviii CONTENTS. 



PART II. 

 Archebiosis, 



CHAPTER VI. 



Pages 



Meanings attached to term 'Spontaneous Generation' .. 243-264 



CHAPTER VII. 



Mode of Origin of Primordial Living Things: Nature of 



Problem .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 265-395 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 The Limits of ' Vital Resistance ' to Heat 306-343 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Experimental Proof: Untenability of Pasteur's Con- 

 clusions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 344-399 



CHAPTER X. 

 Physical and Vital Theories of Fermentation .. .. 400-427 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Additional Proofs of the Occurrence of Archebiosis .. 428-475 



