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Miasma Theory
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The miasma theory was an abandoned medical theory holding that diseases such as cholera and plague were caused by a miasma, a noxious form of bad air, rather than by germs.
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The miasma theory (also called the miasmic theory) is an abandoned medical theory that held that diseases were caused by a miasma, a noxious form of bad air, also known as night air.
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