- Miasma Theory - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The miasma theory, holding that disease was the result of environmental emanations or miasmas, referenced Greek and Roman medicine and Hippocrates’s treatise On Air, Water, and Places Miasmatists believed that disease was caused by infectious mists or noxious vapors emanating from filth in the towns and that the method of prevention of
- Was ist eigentlich ein Miasma? - ScienceDirect
Das Wort Miasma gehört zu denjenigen Begriffen in der Homöopathie, die häufiger missverstanden, gar nicht verstanden oder einfach ignoriert werden Dieser Beitrag ist ein Versuch, sich dem Begriff auf allgemeinverständliche Art zu nähern und die homöopathische Miasmentheorie besser durchschaubar zu machen
- Entrepreneurial miasma: Organizational miasma as a theoretical lens for . . .
The paper proceeds as follows First, we provide a short overview of miasma in organizational contexts Second, we develop the theory of organizational miasma in venture contexts involving founder exits A theoretical model is presented that examines how organizational miasma influences, and is influenced by, venture contextual factors
- A case study in explanatory power: John Snow’s conclusions about the . . .
Despite much confusion surrounding various aspects of the disease, the so-called miasma theory emerged as the prevalent account about cholera’s cause Going against this mainstream view, the British physician John Snow (1813–1858), during this time, inferred several things about the origin and pathology of cholera that no one else inferred
- Entrepreneurial miasma: Organizational miasma as a theoretical lens for . . .
Miasma, a concept adapted from the organizational literature, refers to a state of contagion or pollution that affects all members of an organization causing potentially irreparable damage This study develops a model of miasma in venture contexts when founders exit, a term we refer to as entrepreneurial miasma
- A case study in explanatory power: John Snow’s conclusions about the . . .
The miasma theory could not explain why the mining population suffered worse than other groups; even worse, this was in fact problematic for the miasma theory, since the miasmas were not supposed to exist in the pits underground There also seemed to be no other reason on the miasma theory as to why the miners should be affected so severely
- Florence Nightingales Environmental Theory and its influence on . . .
Germ theory, contagion and the Miasma hypothesis were all current trends, or beliefs in the 19th century Although little was known on each account, germ theory acknowledged the presence of disease-causing micro-organisms and the subsequent introduction of sterilisation and sterile surgical techniques ( Britannica, 2020 )
- Germ Theory of Disease - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
In Europe, the miasma theory was replaced by the germ theory of disease during the late 1800s with discoveries and developments by Pasteur, Agostino Bassi, Ignaz Semmelweis, and Robert Koch Robert Koch’s postulates have influenced modern developments in pathogenesis to help guide gene encoding
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