miasmatist
English edit
Etymology edit
From (the stem of) Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “miasma”) + -ist.
Noun edit
miasmatist (plural miasmatists)
- (historical) A supporter of the theory of miasmatism. [from 19th c.]
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 362:
- Florence Nightingale, a staunch miasmatist who never came round to bacteria, thought temporary sheds would be safer and proposed radical redesign.