Talk:Miasma theory of disease

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This theory is totally true and stuff, we should all try to do our part to clean up the air!!!

common methods of prevention and treatment during 350 A.D. -1450A.D.

Miasma theory did NOT include the spread of cholera through water. It was bad air. That's why no one believed John Snow. Definatly worth changing

Contents 1 Homeopathy 2 move 3 Time travel? 4 Should Science Take Another Look?

[edit] Homeopathy

I think that miasma is also a homeopathic concept differnt than simple airboune filth as a cause of disease. I'm not yet infomed enough to add to the article, perhaps someone else is.--Tjc 13:42, 10 February 2006 (UTC) ==

you're right I'm no expert, either, but I think you are right. When homeopaths use the term, it has a different meaning. But I think a homeopath should add that usage of the word

Here's a link on it www.homeopathic-natural-medicine.com --Calan 10:40, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] move

This should be at Miasma hypothesis of disease.Geni 21:23, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Time travel?

If miasmatic theory "began" in the Middle Ages, how is it possible that "Abaris the Hyperborean...cleaned Sparta under Mount Taygetus from miasmata coming downhill". Was he a time traveller from the Middle Ages?Sladek 14:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Damn good question. This is, overall, an excellent and informative article (disregarding the fact that all the main info is in the leader) but that sentence makes absolutely no sense and if no one steps in to make sense of it, it should just be removed. --203.2.182.254 23:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should Science Take Another Look?

The general success of this theory prior to the discovery of the actual microbe may not be related to simply "kill the germs!" wherever smell was found. Germs are legion even in the cleanest areas of nature; furthermore; it stands to reason that the human organism has evolved sensory mechanisms to detect unhealthy areas, this is why feces smell bad! Perhaps the converse of the miasma theory bears looking into; unpolluted areas that do not smell bad and are rife with nature may be full of competing germs that, while they may give you mild diarrhea if you are not acclimated, act to prevent the establishment of more seriously pathogens! Zaphraud 15:16, 5 August 2007 (UTC)