Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750.
The belief that disease was spread by physical contact with an infected person or their possessions, justifying isolation.
Contagion appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The People’s Health (c.1250–Present), especially Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750 and Responses to plague.
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