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A '''miasma''' is a poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from [[swamp]]s and putrid matter and cause [[disease]].<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/miasmas http://www.thefreedictionary.com:  Miasmas]</ref>

A '''miasma''' is a poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from [[swamp (land)|swamp]]s and putrid matter and cause [[disease]].<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/miasmas http://www.thefreedictionary.com:  Miasmas]</ref>

Miasmas were for a long time equaled to stench. Thus sewers, but also peasants and common workers, who could not afford to bathe regularly, were associated with diseases.

Miasmas were for a long time equaled to stench. Thus sewers, but also peasants and common workers, who could not afford to bathe regularly, were associated with diseases.

Miasma was thought to be the cause of diseases like pest, [[cholera]] and [[typhus]]. The idea of the miasma was disproved by the emergence of the bacteriologists like [[Robert Koch]] and [[Louis Pasteur]].

Miasma was thought to be the cause of diseases like pest, [[cholera]] and [[typhus]]. The idea of the miasma was disproved by the emergence of the bacteriologists like [[Robert Koch]] and [[Louis Pasteur]].