PETTENKOFER'S REACTION'S THEORY
\pˈɛtəŋkˌə͡ʊfəz ɹɪˈakʃənz θˈi͡əɹi], \pˈɛtəŋkˌəʊfəz ɹɪˈakʃənz θˈiəɹi], \p_ˈɛ_t_ə_ŋ_k_ˌəʊ_f_ə_z ɹ_ɪ__ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n_z θ_ˈiə_ɹ_i]\
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Ground-water theory, the theory that the development of certain epidemics (cholera, typhoid fever) coincides with a low level of the ground-water; the pathogenic germs are not carried directly from the sick to the well, but are received into the soil and there undergo, when the soil is dry, a "ripening" process.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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