Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Industrial and Imperial Britain c.1750–c.1900.
The mistaken medical belief that diseases like cholera were caused by inhaling "bad air" or foul smells.
Miasma appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Migrants to Britain (c.1250–Present), especially Industrial and Imperial Britain c.1750–c.1900 and Change overview.
Migrants to Britain (c.1250–Present)
Change overview
The People’s Health (c.1250–Present)
Responses to disease
The People’s Health (c.1250–Present)
Public health reform
The People’s Health (c.1250–Present)
Responses to cholera
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The People’s Health (c.1250–Present)
Industrial Britain, c.1750–c.1900 • Public health reform
