There has been spreading for some time an idea or hypothesis among the more philosophic medical men, and among the thoughtful "laity," that many species of disease have their sources in ...

Asclepiades of Bithynia, influenced by Epicurean philosophy, pioneered medical innovations and foreshadowed the principles of ...

The Germ Theory of Medicine is less than 100 years old, and before this shift in thinking on disease, past humans developed ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, though there had been some advances in medical knowledge, scientists still did not understand what caused disease. Joseph Lister was able to make a much more ...

The late 19th century ushered in the “germ theory” of disease, giving personal protective gear new significance. After Louis Pasteur demonstrated that germs couldn’t spontaneously generate, Robert ...

“The germ theory of disease was established in the late 19th century and all first year medical students are well-versed in it. Does he believe in it?” Chokshi added. A health economist who ...

Pasteur went on to argue that this same bacteria could cause disease. To describe these ideas, he coined the phrase ‘Germ Theory’. But someone was hot on Pasteur’s heels… Oh ja!

Everyone harbors disease germs, yet not everyone is sick. This is ascribed to "resistance," suggesting that germs are less important in disease than other factors affecting the condition of the host ...

Diseases were untreatable, sometimes even unrecognized. Without a germ theory of disease, people did not take precautions to prevent the spread of infections. But the Industrial Revolution ...