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CHAPTER XI. 



ADDITIONAL PROOFS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ARCHEBIOSIS. 



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Uniformity of natural phenomena. Influence of Heat upon Living 

 Matter. Equally uniform appearance of Bacteria and Torula 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- 



r 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 Peath are but Transitions. 



Experiments with still Higher Temperatures. Those of Mantegazza, 

 Wyman,andCantoni. Author's experiments. Mode of preparation. 

 Sealed flasks heated to 270^-275'^F. Living TorulcB, ProtamcBbcB, 

 and Monads. Sealed flasks heated to 293°F. Bacteria, Leptothrix, 

 and chlorophyll-containing Organisms found. Sealed flasks heated 

 to 295°-307°F for four Hours. Bacteria, Fnngus spores, and Fimgi 



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. • 



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and is tacitly recognized by each one of us in 

 our daily actions. Even where the succession of events 

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