pata oe cs GR 
406 C. Bernard on Spontaneous Generation. 
was altered, the color became reddish-orange in place of brown- 
ish-yellow, and the germinative power was destroyed. 
ese results sustain, as regards the lower orders of vegeta- 
tion, the opinion expressed by Prof. Milne Edwards respecting 
animalcules. 
8. Remarks on the same occasion, by A. DE QUATREFAGES, ° 
T have often expressed on the subject of spontaneous generation 
similar opinions to those of Milne Edwards; and I now give my 
full adhesion to the conclusions of my learned associate. I take 
the floor only to communicate to the Academy an observation, 
which, although incomplete, confirms ideas now generally ad- 
mitted. [De Quatrefages adds some facts sustaining his opinion.] 
4. Remarks on the same occasion, by Dr. CLAUDE BERNARD. 
Among a large number of experiments which I have made to 
ascertain the influence of saccharine substances in liquids where 
microscopi¢ vegetation was developed, I will cite one, as it 
directly on this subject of spontaneous generation now under 
discussion. 
cooled, the flask was hermetically sealed at the neck. nection 
heric air entered freely : 
