miasma
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Miasma theory, the idea that disease was spread by miasmas of bad air, is discredited.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021
To destroy the Miasma, an enigmatic tech billionaire named El Shepherd, staged a massive hoax, persuading the media—social and traditional—that the town of Moab, Utah, had been obliterated by a nuclear weapon.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2019
Miasma, a company in Chicago, which has been staging them seasonally for the past four years, is adding more dates.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2018
The now-debunked Miasma theory held the belief that “bad air” floating from decaying things, such as dead bodies, caused disease. Morticians became the stewards of public health, replacing families in caring for the dead.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2016
See Rendiconti del Congresso Medico del 1869 a Firenze, and especially the important observations of Selmi, Il Miasma Palustre, Padua, 1870, pp.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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