TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



I. THE THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. 



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i. Definition i 



2. Discovery of Fermentative Or- 

 ganisms 2 



3. Needharn's Demonstration in favour 



of " Generatio JSquivoca " . .3 



4. Spallanzani's Experiments . . 4 



5. Franz Schultze's Experiment . . 4 



Foundation of the Science of Anti- 

 septics by Schwann ... 5 

 6. Labours of Schroder and Dusch . 5 

 7. Pasteur's Examination of the 



Theory 6 



8. Bechamp'a Microzyme Theory . 7 

 9. Spontaneous Generation only Un- 



proven, not Impossible . .8 



II. THEORIES OF FERMENTATION. 



10. The Alchemists Stahl's Theory 



of Fermentation . . . .10 

 n. Gay-Lussac's Opinion . . .10 

 12. Cagniard-Latour's Vitalistic 



Theory , . . . .11 

 13. Th. Schwann's Researches . .12 

 14. Fr. Kiitzing's General Theory . 13 

 15. Liebig's Decomposition Theory . 14 

 16. Pasteur's Theory . 16 



17. C. Nageli's Physico-Molecular 



Theory 16 



1 8. The Enzymes and M. Traube's 



Ferment Theory . . .17 



19. General Definition of Fermenta- 

 tion 18 



20. So-called Spontaneous Fermenta- 

 tion of Sweet Fruits . . .19 



21. Decompositions effected by Light 



and Air 19 



III. THE ORGANISMS OF FERMENTATION. 



22. Their Position in the Botanical 



System 21 



23. Classification of the Fungi. . . 22 



24. Schizophytaa 22 



25. Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide 



without the Aid of Chlorophyll . 23 

 26. Saprophytes and Parasites . . 23 



DIVISION I. 



SCHIZOMYCETIC FERMENTATION. 



Section I. General Morphology and Physiology of the Sehizomyeetes. 

 CHAPTER I. FORM AND DIMENSIONS. 



27. Forms of Growth . 



28. Dimensions of Bacteria 



25 i 29. Mutability of Form 

 2 7 | 3O. Involution Forms 

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