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Phlogiston theory was about fire and how it works. It was disproved with the discovery of oxygen and its role in fire. I don't know of any connection between th
by bonoboTP 9y ago
Phlogiston theory was about fire and how it works. It was disproved with the discovery of oxygen and its role in fire. I don't know of any connection between this and theories of disease. I heard the old suspected cause of diseases like plague was so called "bad air" among other things.
- ollin 9y agoYeah, I think OP confused phlogiston theory [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory] with miasma theory [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory]. The description of miasma theory by OP is more or less correct, it's just that the name is wrong.