The Patient At Risk: Ever Hear of Germ Theory Denialism?
Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D
JANUARY 19, 2018
I had never heard of Germ Theory Denialism , either. When Louis Pasteur theorized that “germs” caused disease in the 19th century, he and Florence Nightingale had a rigorous debate. The belief that bad air from pollution, exhalation from the lungs of the ill, and unhealthy vapors caused disease had held since the Greeks. In fact, Nightingale’s environmental theory was based on this same belief.
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