| Date | 1871 |
| Author | Bastian |
| Contribution | Reported his strong opposition to the germ theory of disease. |
| Reference | Worboys |
| Notes | Charlton Bastian, a strong defender of Spontaneous Generation, conceded that germs were associated with disease, and might even be the result of disease, but were not the cause. He argued his position in a major newspaper, and the significance of the event in the present context is that it occurred during a renewal of the Spontaneous Generation controversy, and after the important reports of Pasteur, Lister and Koch. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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