THE 
AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. 
[SECOND SEBIES.] 
Art. 1— Researches of Pasteur respecting the Theory of Spontaneous 
Generation ; translated and condensed by M. C. Wuirs, M.D. 
THE theory of spontaneous generation was long since proposed 
to account for the origin of beings whose germs were too minute 
or too obscure to attract attention. One after another the differ- 
* Com Rendus, 1860, T. L, LI. 
Am. Jour. Sc1.—Srconp Series, Vou. XXXII, No. 94—Juty, 1861 
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