| Date | 1646 |
| Author | Kircher |
| Contribution | Theorized that contagion was due to invisible living bodies. |
| Reference | Chase |
| Notes | Published thesis that human exhalations contained invisible living bodies that were sources of contagion. Speculative. Also published 1650. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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