Though his experiments were discredited, much like the rest of vitalism, traces of his theory still come up in popular culture.

虽然他的实验和其他活力理论一样没有被承认，我化中找到其理论的踪迹。

One ancient theory was an idea called vitalism, which claimed that living things were unique because they were filled with a special substance, or energy, that was the essence of life.

有一个被称为“活力论”的古老的理论认为生物体是独特的，因为生物充满特别的物质或量，这种物质就是生物的本质。