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, 21:19, March 19, 2007It wasn't until the 1880s and 1890s that Pasteur, Lister and others began to examine the germ theory seriously
It's ONLY a "theory" not FACT...Just like evolution. [[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 19:45, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
It's ONLY a "theory" not FACT...Just like evolution. [[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 19:45, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
==Misleading historical comment==
Cut from intro:
:This theory was first proposed by [[Girolamo Fracastoro]] in [[1546]] and was furthered by many other scientists before it became widely accepted as true.
This implies that it gained acceptance then. Kind of like saying Wegener's idea about continental drift was "first proposed" in the early 20th century. Wegener was ridiculed, and his idea dismissed.
It wasn't until the 1880s and 1890s that Pasteur, Lister and others began to examine the germ theory seriously. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 17:19, 19 March 2007 (EDT)