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Sweet smelling herbs and plants were set alight inside this brass fumigator and the smoke given off was used to purify and disinfect the air around the person carrying the torch. It is based on the miasma theory, the idea that disease was caused by bad smells in the air from rotting animal matter, human waste and stagnant water. This theory of disease also appeared to give an explanation for why rubbish strewn poor areas with bad sanitation were more at risk from disease. This fumigator was probably made in Spain. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Spain Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0057491 Brass fumigator, Spain, 1801-1900 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057491 Brass fumigator, Spain, 1801-1900 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0057491 Brass fumigator, Spain, 1801-1900
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Sweet smelling herbs and plants were set alight inside this brass fumigator and the smoke given off was used to purify and disinfect the air around the person carrying the torch. It is based on the miasma theory, the idea that disease was caused by bad smells in the air from rotting animal matter, human waste and stagnant water. This theory of disease also appeared to give an explanation for why rubbish strewn poor areas with bad sanitation were more at risk from disease. This fumigator was probably made in Spain. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Spain made: 1801-1900 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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