germ theory
noun
: a theory in medicine: infections, contagious diseases, and various other conditions result from the action of microorganisms
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Thus, in an era when the germ theory of disease held about equal sway with theories involving the humors, folks knew tariffs were just regressive taxes.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Kellogg’s thinking on constipation, that anything less than three bowel movements a day risked dangerous intestinal putrefaction, was shaped by the emerging germ theory of disease and the ascent of bacteriology as a discipline through the closing decades of the 19th century.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Microbes as Medicine Ever since scientists realized that microscopic organisms can cause illness – what’s called the 19th-century germ theory of disease – humanity has been on a quest to keep infectious agents out of our bodies.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
But preventing and treating disease by co-opting the very microbes that threaten us has a history that long predates germ theory.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Kellogg’s thinking on constipation, that anything less than three bowel movements a day risked dangerous intestinal putrefaction, was shaped by the emerging germ theory of disease and the ascent of bacteriology as a discipline through the closing decades of the 19th century.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Microbes as Medicine Ever since scientists realized that microscopic organisms can cause illness – what’s called the 19th-century germ theory of disease – humanity has been on a quest to keep infectious agents out of our bodies.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
But preventing and treating disease by co-opting the very microbes that threaten us has a history that long predates germ theory.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Germ theory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ%20theory. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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