The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. I, No. 3, March 1860)
CHAPTER III.—_A garden wall, and its traces of past life—Not
a breath perishes—A bit of dry moss and its inhabitants—The “Wheel-bearers”—Resuscitation of Rotifers: drowned into life—Current belief that animals can be revived after complete desiccation—Experiments contradicting the belief—Spallanzani’s testimony—Value of biology as a means of culture—Classification of animals: the five great types—Criticism of Cuvier’s arrangement._
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