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Preformationism in the Enlightenment
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Aug 11, 2008
Preformationism was a theory of embryological development used in the late seventeenth through the late eighteenth centuries. This theory held that…
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Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Sep 22, 2008
Victor Albrecht von Haller was an 18th century scientist who did extensive work in the life sciences, including anatomy and physiology, botany, and…
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Spermism
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Aug 13, 2008
Spermism was one of two models of preformationism, a theory of embryo generation prevalent in the late seventeenth through the end of the eighteenth…
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