An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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Vorlaüfige Mittheilung betreffend Versuche über die Weingährung und Fäulniss.

Ann. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 41, 184-93, 1837.

Proof that putrefaction is produced by living bodies. Independently of Cagniard-Latour, Schwann discovered the yeast cell. He is regarded as the founder of the germ theory of putrefaction and fermentation.



Subjects: BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, Zymology (Zymurgy) (Fermentation)
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