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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Structural realism beyond physics - ScienceDirect
The miasma theory of disease is best described as a cluster of related views, all of which shared assumptions about the nature of so-called ‘miasma’ 4 According to this cluster, diseases were brought about and passed on through decomposing organic material that would disperse into the air as noxious and disease-causing odours, the miasmas
- 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
- 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
- Aerosol transmission of human pathogens: From miasmata to modern viral . . .
The idea evolved into miasma theory, which became widely accepted by medical practitioners throughout much of the Old World The theory postulated the presence of pathogenic evil smelling mists derived from decaying organic matter and full of tiny particles, the pestilential seeds of the Greco-Roman medical practitioner Galen ( Galen, 165–175
- 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 )
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