CHAPTER XI. 



ADDITIONAL PROOFS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ARCHEBIOSIS. 



Uniformity of natural phenomena. Influence of Heat upon Living 

 Matter. Equally uniform appearance of Bacteria and Torulce within 

 super-heated, closed Flasks. Their de novo origin alone reconciles 

 such apparently contradictory Facts. Difficulties with which the 

 Experimenter has to contend. Nature works with Unboiled Mate- 

 rials, and under freer Conditions. Further deleterious Action of 

 increased Heat. Living, Colloidal, and Crystalloidal Matter. 

 Diminishing Molecular Complexity goes with diminishing destruc- 

 tibility by Heat. Limits within which Archebiosis is possible. 

 Life and Death are but Transitions. 



Experiments with still Higher Temperatures. Those of Mantegazza, 

 Wyman, and Cantoni. Author's experiments. Mode of preparation. 

 Sealed flasks heated to 2 < jQ-2^F. Living Torulce, Protamceba, 

 and Monads. Sealed flasks heated to 293 F. Bacteria, Leptotbrix, 

 and chlorophyll-containing Organisms found. Sealed flasks heated 

 to 295-307F for four Hours. Bacteria, Fungus spores, and Fungi 

 found. Other experiments in which Flasks were heated to 327 F 

 and 464 F. Charring of Organic Matter most extensive. Action 

 of high temperatures upon Living Organisms. They not only kill 

 but disintegrate. Experiments conclusively in favour of the occur- 

 rence of Archebiosis. 



THE regularity of natural phenomena -is proverbial, 

 and is tacitly recognized by each one of us in 

 our daily actions. Even where the succession of events 

 seems less constant, they are none the less the natural 



