miasmatic

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Up until that point, diseases like cholera had been thought of in miasmatic terms - that they travelled in bad air - and tackled with what Prof Chakrabarti called "broad spectrum treatments".

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2020

In 1867, inspired by the miasmatic tenements of America’s burgeoning cities, the engineer Lewis W. Leeds delivered a series of lectures under the title “Man’s Own Breath Is His Greatest Enemy.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

“The myth of the hero who singlehandedly wrecked miasmatic theory obscures the fact that those who held onto it were also thoughtful fellows,” Cairo writes.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2019

Acland’s map neatly backed up the miasmatic theory, suggesting that the toxic air would collect and remain in low areas with less wind.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2019

There is no life in the air; it is depressing, damp, miasmatic, and intensely hot.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon