REDI, Francesco (1626 – 1697)
1626 – 1697
6 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1664 CE
#2102
Osservazioni intorno alle vipere.
The first methodical work on snake-poison. Redi demonstrated for the first time that, for the poison to produce its effect, it must be injected under the skin.
1668 CE
#97
Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti.
In the first scientific study of spontanteous generation Redi’s experiments dealt the first real blow to the ancient doctrine. In these experiments Redi made use of what we now term “controls”. Engli…
1671 CE
#294.1
Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali…
Includes the first scientific study of an electric fish. While the torpedo’s peculiar properties had provoked scientific speculation since at least the time of Aristotle, Redi was the first to perform an actual …
1684 CE
#2448.1
Osservazioni … intomo agli animali viventi che si trovano negli animali viventi.
Redi was among the first of the parasitologists. He demonstrated the reproductive organs of Ascaris lumbricoides and also ascaris eggs. The results of his experiments appear in the above work, which also records his s…
1762 CE
#65
Opere. 7 vols.
Redi was a leading physician in Italy. He is best remembered for his experiments discrediting the theory of spontaneous generation and for his pioneer work in the field of parasitology (see No. 2448.1); see also the a…
1941 CE
#13183