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The miasma theory was advanced to explain many important diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria (from mala aria, meaning "bad air"). ... Though the miasma theory soon proved to be a wrong explanation for the cause of cholera, it was partially sustained as ... Home > Encyclopedia of Public Health > Miasma Theory...
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... The miasma theory of disease originated in the Middle Ages and persisted for centuries. During the Great Plague of 1665, doctors wore masks filled with sweet-smelling flowers to keep out the poisonous miasmas.
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Competing theories during the time of John Snow on the origin of cholera ... Believers in the miasma theory stressed eradication of disease through the preventive approach of cleansing and scouring, rather than through the purer scientific approach of microbiology.
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The most widely accepted notion of infection was the miasma theory. It held that under certain circumstances, air became charged with an epidemic influence which in turn became malignant when combined with the emissions of organic decomposition from the earth.
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Miasma Theory – Encyclopedia.com has Miasma Theory articles, Miasma Theory pictures, video and information at Encyclopedia.com - a FREE online library ... ...1716-94), the originator of the miasma theory of disease. Miasmas are noxious exhalations...and a range of other illnesses. But miasma theory also misled physicians...
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Miasma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miasma may refer to: • Miasma theory of disease, bad air causing disease • Miasms in Homeopathy, a specious cause of chronic disease • Miasma (album), 2005 album by the melodic death metal/hardcore...
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In 1717, a Dr. Aubrey, aboard a slave ship off the coast of West Africa, experimented with the miasma theory. He believed that the fogs that appeared at dusk over the river estuaries caused the disease dengue, or 'break-bone fever'.
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