miasmatic

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But the microscope has discovered in the miasmatic air a multitude of living things.

From Scientific American • Nov. 6, 2021

Up until that point, diseases like cholera had been thought of in miasmatic terms - that they travelled in bad air - and tackled with what Prof Chakrabarti called "broad spectrum treatments".

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020

In 1867, inspired by the miasmatic tenements of America’s burgeoning cities, the engineer Lewis W. Leeds delivered a series of lectures under the title “Man’s Own Breath Is His Greatest Enemy.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

But Acland’s research had another big advantage: Its conclusions supported the prevailing miasmatic theory of disease, which had been developed over centuries.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2019

And in the mood of that day, with defeatism rife in Europe, and pessimism miasmatic in America, there was reason enough for Nicky to believe in his prophecy and to inspire belief in its possibility.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry