BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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John Snow
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Francesco Redi
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Louis Pasteur
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -is Conclusion In 1668, Francesco Redi started an experiment with three jars, flies, maggots, and rotting meat to disprove the theory of Spontaneous Generation. He sets up three jars. Each jar contains a rotting meat, where people thought life could suddenly appear from.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the experimental group in Redi’s experiment? The control group was the jar with with no covering and the experimental group was the jars with covers on it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Redi went on to demonstrate that dead maggots or flies would not generate new flies when placed on rotting meat in a sealed jar, whereas live maggots or flies would. This disproved both the existence of some essential component in once-living organisms, and the necessity of fresh air to generate life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Pasteur and Redi both demonstrated that life cannot spontaneously arise.