His germ theory position should not discredit these findings.
And to those who buy in to this binary view, that germs cannot cause disease, I challenge you — once your terrain is fully optimized, to bathe in and/or consume cholera contaminated water.
exactly. science progresses by building on foundations. some discoveries are paradigm changing, and we re-evaluate our past understanding through a new lens. we throw out absurd notions -- like bloodletting.
but sometimes we discard something -- like maggots, before we fully understand the mechanism. even today, larval therapy succeeds in those impossible-to-heal-wounds when modern science fails.
His germ theory position should not discredit these findings.
And to those who buy in to this binary view, that germs cannot cause disease, I challenge you — once your terrain is fully optimized, to bathe in and/or consume cholera contaminated water.
exactly. science progresses by building on foundations. some discoveries are paradigm changing, and we re-evaluate our past understanding through a new lens. we throw out absurd notions -- like bloodletting.
but sometimes we discard something -- like maggots, before we fully understand the mechanism. even today, larval therapy succeeds in those impossible-to-heal-wounds when modern science fails.