Editing Forensic entomology (section)

===Francesco Redi===
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In 1668, Italian physician Francesco Redi disproved the theory of [[spontaneous generation]]. This was the accepted theory of Redi's day, and it claimed that [[maggots]] developed spontaneously from rotting meat. In an experiment, Redi used samples of rotting meat that were either fully exposed to the air, partially exposed to the air, or not exposed to the air. Redi showed that both fully and partially exposed rotting meat developed fly [[maggots]], whereas rotting meat not exposed to air did not develop maggots. This discovery completely changed how people viewed organisms' decomposition and prompted further investigations into insect life cycles and entomology in general.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://microbes.historique.net/history2.html | title=A History of Microbiology | publisher=Historique.net | date=30 April 2003 | access-date=12 March 2008}}</ref>