Teori penyakit Miasma: Perbezaan antara semakan

Miasma dianggap sebagai wap beracun atau kabus yang berisi partikel dari jisim reput (miasmata) yang mampu menyebabkan penyakit dan dikenal pasti melalui bau busuk, menjijikkan (yang, semestinya, datang dari jisim yang reput). Penyokong terkenal teori miasmatik adalah ''Abaris the Hyperborean'', yang terkenal kerana membersihkan [[Sparta]] di kaki Gunung [[Taygetus]] dari miasmata yang turnturun dari bukit.

The miasmatic theory of disease began in the [[Middle Ages]] and continued to the mid 1800s, when it was used to explain the spread of [[cholera]] in [[London]] and in [[Paris]], partly explaining [[Haussmann's renovation of Paris|Haussmann's latter renovation of the French capital]]. The disease was said to be preventable by cleansing and scouring of the body and items. [[William Farr|Dr. William Farr]], the assistant commissioner for the 1851 London census, was an important supporter of the miasma theory. He believed that cholera was transmitted by air, and that there was a deadly concentration of miasmata near the [[River Thames]]' banks. The wide acceptance of Miasma theory during the cholera outbreaks overshadowed the theory brought forth by [[John Snow (physician)|John Snow]] that cholera was spread through water. This slowed the response to the major outbreaks in the Soho district of London and other areas. Another proponent of the miasmatic theory was [[Crimean War]] nurse, [[Florence Nightingale]] (1820-1910), who was made famous for her work in making hospitals sanitary and fresh-smelling.