And let me adde, that he that throughly understands the nature of Ferments and Fermentations, shall probably be much better able than he that Ignores them, to give a fair account of divers Phænomena of severall diseases (as well Feavers and others) which will perhaps be never throughly understood, without an insight into the doctrine of Fermentation.

Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy,... by the Honorable Robert Boyle Esq;... (ed. 1664)