Why is Francesco Redi important in the history of medicine?
He was the "father of modern pharmacology"
He was the "founder of modern homeopathy"
He was the "father of modern parasitology"
He invented the stethoscope
Answer
Francesco Redi was a physician, biologist, and poet who is considered to be the "father of modern parasitology". He conducted a series of experiments to disprove Theory of spontaneous generation, which held that life could arise from non-living matter. Redi's experiments showed that maggots did not arise spontaneously from rotting meat, but instead were the larvae of flies that had laid eggs on the meat.
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