Which of the Following Scientific Beliefs or Ideas Eventually Changed

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scientific beliefs or ideas eventually changed medical practice and decreased morbidity and mortality?

• A) Bad fluids cause disease, which can be cured by their removal.
• B) Specific contagious organisms cause disease.
• C) Spontaneous generation theory-disease grows naturally.
• D) The miasmic theory-environmental conditions cause disease.

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