Beware the foul air that causes plague! Put on your plague doctor masks and travel back with us to 17th-century Italy where people believed disease was caused by mutated air called miasma. And be sure to review us so you can get your picture drawn in the historical time period and culture of your choosing!
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Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History | Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
