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... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > history of consumption and waste > germ theory of disease
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germ theory of disease  

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  • The germ theory of disease evolved in the latter half of the 19th century. This fundamentally new understanding of infectious diseases became accepted with vital results for the health of humankind. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Germ Theory of Disease]

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