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The miasmatic theory of disease held that diseases such as cholera or the Black Death were caused by a miasma (Greek language: "pollution"), a noxious form of "bad air". In general, this concept has been supplanted by the more scientifically founded germ theory of disease.
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Miasma theory of disease
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The miasmatic theory of disease held that diseases such as cholera, chlamydia or the Black Death were caused by a miasma (Greek language: "pollution"), a noxious form of "bad air". This concept has been supplanted by the germ theory of disease.
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Miasma was considered to be a poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles from decomposed matter (miasmata) that caused illnesses. It was identifiable by its foul smell. A prominent supporter of the miasmatic theory was Abaris the Hyperborean, who famously cleaned Sparta under Mount Taygetus from miasmata coming downhill.
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In the first century CE, miasma from fetid swamplands was a concern in Vitruvius' observations on the healthful siting of cities (De architectura I.4.1):
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For when the morning breezes blow toward the town at sunrise, if they bring with them mist from marshes and, mingled with the mist, the poisonous breath of creatures of the marshes to be wafted into the bodies of the inhabitants, they will make the site unhealthy.
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