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In the 1700s, many people believed that diseases were caused by imbalances in bodily humors, a theory dating back to ancient Greece. They thought that an excess or deficiency of the four humors—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile—led to illness. Others attributed diseases to miasma, or "bad air," which was thought to arise from decaying matter and was believed to infect those who breathed it. Additionally, some viewed diseases as punishments from God or as a result of witchcraft and supernatural forces.

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