miasmn.

1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. c2^v Upon every Solution of Continuity, there is impressed an exotick Miasme [1650 miasm], or putrefactive acidity.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 71 It carrys of..the very seminal miasmes.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 662 The miasm of gaol fever.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 278 The miasm may be carried by the wind and atmospheric currents beyond the limits of the area in which it is produced.

1991 Resurgence Jan. 10/1 In the nineteenth century learned gentlemen talked of..a dreaded miasm, sewer gas, which burdened the population.

1833 C. H. Devrient & S. Stratten tr. S. C. F. Hahnemann Organon 165 The diseases of mankind resolve themselves into two classes..acute diseases..and..chronic diseases..produced by infection from a chronic miasm.

1905 J. H. Clarke Homœopathy Explained viii. 59 According to Hahnemann, there were not only miasms of acute diseases, like the infectious principle of scarlatina,..but also of chronic diseases.

1936 H. A. Roberts Princ. & Art of Cure by Homœopathy iv. 43 Physical signs and symptoms appear..because the vital functions are disturbed..from some hidden miasm coming into its full expression.

1974 Homoeopathy June–July 87 Homoeopathic treatment can minimise the malign influence of the miasms.

1987 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone vii. 114 Miasms are now recognized to be both inherited and acquired.