Oh no! Packing it in, disillusioned again! Lol .. the Teabaggers will go more quickly than the original misconception ..
The Slow Death of Spontaneous Generation (1668-1859) Russell Levine and Chris Evers
From the time of the ancient Romans, through the Middle Ages, and until the late nineteenth century, it was generally accepted that some life forms arose spontaneously from non-living matter. Such "spontaneous generation" appeared to occur primarily in decaying matter.