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What is the definition of vital force?


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Vital force theory

  • According to the Vital Force Theory, which was developed by the scientist Berzelius in 1809, organic molecules can only be created in live cells and cannot be created in a laboratory.
  • Friedrich Wohler demonstrated that an organic substance (urea) could be produced in the lab, therefore it was discarded.

Vital force

  • This idea proposed that the only way organic molecules could be formed was by an mysterious force acting on living things.
  • The vital force was the name given to this force.

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