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jan 4, 1861 - Louis Pasteur Publishes his Germ Theory

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Louis Pasteur proved that spontaneous generation was incorrect (the theory that germs were produced by decaying matter), and proved that microbes in the air cause decay. He also thought that germs caused disease but waqs unable to prove this.

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jan 4, 1861
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~ 165 years ago