Categories: Comparisons
An historical example of analogy used to explain science:
"…if two men went out in the rain both would be 'infected' with the wet, but the dampness did not pass by contagion from one to the other."
said to be due to physician to Royalty, Dr John Radcliffe, FRS (1650 – 1714)
Delacy, M. (2016). The Germ of an Idea. Contagionism, religion, and society in Britain, 1660-1730. Palgrave Macmillan.
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