NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Question
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What is the theory that diseases come from bad air?
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miasma theory
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germ theory
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cell theory
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hippocratic theory
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The miasma theory suggested that diseases are produced due to unhealthy or polluted vapors rising from the ground, or from decomposed material. However, as science advanced, faith-based, supernatural theories of diseases were challenged.
Detailed explanation-2: -Miasmatic theory is a theory that believed infectious diseases were transmitted due to miasma: a poisonous vapour emanated from decaying organic matter. Contagionism is a belief that stated contagious diseases are transmitted due to person to person physical contact.
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