This transmutation of meal and gravy into eels was demonstrated to be as false and ridiculous as it really is, by M. spallanzani, a rather better observer than Needham.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
In Italy, the works of spallanzani on Digestion and Generation are valuable.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
But after ascertaining the fact, spallanzani was slow to arrive at its origin; and ascribed the surprising power to the existence of some sixth supplementary sense, the enjoyment of which was withheld from other animals.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
