From Miasma to Microbes: The Evolution of Disease Understanding and the Birth of Modern Epidemiology-An Essay
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For centuries, the prevailing belief in the origins of disease was rooted in the miasma theory, a concept that attributed illnesses such as cholera, the Black Death, and other epidemic diseases to "bad air" or miasmas—noxious vapours thought to emanate from decaying organic matter.
From Miasma to Microbes: The Evolution of Disease Understanding and the Birth of Modern Epidemiology-An Essay
From Miasma to Microbes: The Evolution of…
From Miasma to Microbes: The Evolution of Disease Understanding and the Birth of Modern Epidemiology-An Essay
For centuries, the prevailing belief in the origins of disease was rooted in the miasma theory, a concept that attributed illnesses such as cholera, the Black Death, and other epidemic diseases to "bad air" or miasmas—noxious vapours thought to emanate from decaying organic matter.