| Date | 1665 |
| Author | Boghurst |
| Contribution | Held that plague was caused by many minute corpuscles. |
| Reference | Wilson |
| Notes | Many "little bodyes" or "corpuscles" or "atoms." Catherine Wilson, in her 1995 book, says these were not regarded as living things. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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