- Look up miasma or
miasm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Miasma may
refer to:
Miasma (ancient Gr**** religion), a
contagious power that has an independent...
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particles from
decomposed matter (miasmata) that
caused illnesses. The
miasmatic position was that
diseases were the
product of
environmental factors such...
- The mask was
originally beaked with a
purpose in
congruence with the
miasmatic theory of
disease practiced at that time: the
hollow beak
allowed for...
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those who
believed in
humoral theory,
Kneipp ****erted that
breathing miasmatic or
excessively hot air
would lead to disease.
While it may deal with one...
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generally held the view that
disease was
related to the air and
adopted a
miasmatic approach to
disease etiology.
Etiological discovery in
medicine has a...
- health, Koch's
bacteriologists feuded with Max von Pettenkofer—whose
miasmatic theory claimed the
bacteria was but one
causal factor among at
least several—but...
- the
River Thames. It
contained decaying organic matter which contained miasmatic particles and was
released into the
London air.
Miasma theorists believed...
- statistics; camp
fevers [ typhus, etc.] and
other miasmatic diseases; scurvy;
diseases attributed to non-
miasmatic exposure; and
other diseases such as nostalgia...
- climate,
ideal for
miasmatic disease, was but the
healthiest part of Asia. A
highly polluted River Thames,
which should cause miasmatic diseases, was but...
- had to vie
against Max von Pettenkofer, Germany's
leading proponent of
miasmatic theory.
Pettenkofer conceded bacteria's
casual involvement, but maintained...
