NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -MIASMA THEORY Many in the early to mid-nineteenth century felt that cholera was caused by bad air, arising from decayed organic matter or miasmata. “Miasma” was believed to pass from cases to susceptibles in diseases considered contagious.

Detailed explanation-2: -The miasma theory was the predominant theory of disease transmission before the germ theory took hold towards the end of the 19th century; it is no longer accepted as a correct explanation for disease by the scientific community.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although others had earlier determined that germs cause disease – notably Pasteur and Joseph Lister – Koch was the first to link a specific bacterium, in this case bacillus anthracis, to a specific disease.