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Francesco Redi. In 1668, Francesco Redi published the first set of experiments challenging spontaneous generation. In these experiments, he demonstrated that maggots arise from the eggs of flies rather than directly from rotting meat. He did so by taking several jars and placing raw meat inside of them.
This accident seemed also to support the second objection, and Spallanzani did not answer it. The Fundamentals of Bacteriology Charles Bradfield Morrey From Spallanzani to Schultze, there were no further experiments to prove or disprove spontaneous generation. The Fundamentals of Bacteriology Charles Bradfield Morrey In the dispute, however, with which we are concerned Needham and Spallanzani defended opposite positions. Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle Spallanzani knew nothing of these organisms; they were not discovered until many years after his death.