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A representation of the cholera epidemic of the 19th century depicts the spread of the disease in the form of poisonous air.

The miasma theory (also called the miasmatic theory) held that diseases such as cholera, chlamydia or the Black Death were caused by a miasma (Μίασμα, ancient Greek: "pollution"), a noxious form of "bad air". The theory explained the origin of these epidemic diseases was miasma, an emanation from rotting organic matter.

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• Related: Night air, Germ theory of disease

Prevailing theories before the germ theory Prevailing theories before the germ theory www.ph.ucla.edu/.../cholera_prevailingtheories_a2.html - Web

Cholera theories Cholera theories www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/choleratheories.html - Web

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