NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Prominent scientists designed experiments and argued both in support of (John Needham) and against (Lazzaro Spallanzani) spontaneous generation. Louis Pasteur is credited with conclusively disproving the theory of spontaneous generation with his famous swan-neck flask experiment.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the time the spontaneous generation theory was widely accepted in scientific circles. Louis Pasteur decided to approach the issue via his experimental method. This required the use of swan-necked flasks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) was one of the earliest recorded scholars to articulate the theory of spontaneous generation, the notion that life can arise from nonliving matter. Aristotle proposed that life arose from nonliving material if the material contained pneuma (“vital heat”).