The modes of origin of lowest organisms

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1. 1THE MODES OF ORIGIN OF LOWEST ORGANISMS: INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF THE EXPERIMENTS OF M. PASTEUR, AND A REPLY TO SOME STATEMENTS BY PROFESSORS HUXLEY AND TYNDALL.
2. 2PREFACE.
3. 3THE MODES OF ORIGIN OF LOWEST ORGANISMS.
4. 4I. Homogenetic Mode of Origin of Bacteria and Torulæ.
5. 52. Heterogenetic Mode of Origin of Bacteria and of Torulæ.
6. 63. Origin of Bacteria and of Torulæ by Archebiosis.
7. 7Limits of ‘Vital Resistance’ to Heat displayed by Bacteria and Torulæ.
8. 8Extent to which boiled Fermentable Fluids may be preserved in Vessels with Bent Necks, or in those whose Necks are guarded by a Plug of Cotton-Wool.
9. 9COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS.
10. 10First Set of Experiments (I.–XV.).
11. 11a. Fluid exposed to Air in a Flask with a short Open Neck.
12. 12b. Fluid in contact with Ordinary Air and its Particles; Neck of Flask Sealed after the Fluid had become Cold.
13. 13c. Fluid in a Flask with a Neck two feet long, and having Eight acute Flexures.
14. 14d. Fluid in a Flask having a Neck two feet long, bent at right angles shortly above the bulb, and provided with a firm Plug of Cotton-Wool twelve inches in length.
15. 15e. Fluid (in vacuo) in a Flask, the Neck of which was hermetically Sealed by means of the Blowpipe Flame during Ebullition.
16. 16Second Set of Experiments (XVI.–XXI.).
17. 17b. Fluid in contact with Ordinary Air and its Particles; Neck of Flask Sealed after the Fluid had become Cold.
18. 18c. Fluid in a Bent Neck Flask, having Eight acute Flexures.

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