| Date | 1748 |
| Author | Needham |
| Contribution | Reported experiments in support of doctrine of spontaneous generation. |
| Reference | Garrison |
| Notes | In context of putrefaction of meat. Such studies on putrefaction and fermentation were central to the early germ theory. Collaborated with Buffon. See also Magner's "A History of the Life Sciences" 1994. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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