microbic
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He gave the deathblow to the theory of spontaneous generation of disease by the first clear statement of the modern microbic theory.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the yeasts are only one group of the microbic multitude able to perform specific jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does not ignore the microbic theory of disease, grants some value to surgery, but believes the main cause of disease to lie in maladjustment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spread upon the surface of the earth, these become harmless through microbic activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The disease is essentially a septicemia, or blood poisoning, and the microbic invasion occurs from inoculation probably either through abrasions of the skin or by injury to the mucous membranes from coarse fodder, etc.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
