Research Catalog

Title

Microbiology and the spontaneous generation debate during the 1870's / by Glenn Vandervliet.

Author

Vandervliet, Glenn.

Publication

Lawrence, Kan. : Coronado Press, 1971.

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Details

Description

134, 12 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Coronado publications in history of science

Subject

• Spontaneous generation
• Microbiology
• Microbiology > History
• Microbiology > history

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 107-127.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Introduction -- II. Microbiology in the Early 1870's -- (1) Technical Limitations -- (2) Gaps in Microbial Knowledge -- (3) Ineffective Heat-Sterilization Procedures -- III. The Turnip-Cheese Episode -- IV. The Hay-Infusion Episode -- V. The Urine Episode -- VI. Factors Determining the Thermal Resistance of Infusions -- (1) Circumstances of the Sterilization Process -- (2) Characteristics of the Media -- (3) Role of Different Kinds of Microbes -- VII. Heat-Sterilization Procedures of the 1870's -- (1) Prolonged Boiling at 100 degrees C -- (2) Heat-Treatment above 100 degrees C -- (3) Discontinuous Heating or Tyndallization -- (4) Dry-Oven Method of Heat Sterilization -- Conclusion -- Footnotes to Text -- Bibliography -- Index

OCLC

• 1034038
• SCSB-10999520

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library