Question

What is the definition of vital force?

Answer 1

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.