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History of Miasmic Theory 2007 by Elaf Abuzarour is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The idea that bad or corrupt air is the cause of illness and disease dates at least to ancient Greece. The use of the term "miasma" to describe this concept appears to date from the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. The idea was influential during the Middle Ages as an explanation for contagion.
- Author
- Elaf Abuzarour
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- EN