| Date | 1668 |
| Author | Redi |
| Contribution | Showed that maggots did not develop in meat protected from flies. |
| Reference | Grove |
| Notes | Famous work in opposition to Spontaneous Generation. By no means the end of the affair; see Farley's book, for example. Redi accepted Spontaneous Generation for parasitic worms. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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