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Josiah C. Nott

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American physician (1804-1873)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1804 to 1873 · aged 69
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Josiah Clark Nott was an American surgeon, anthropologist and ethnologist. He is known for his studies into the etiology of yellow fever and malaria, including the theory that they are caused by germs, and for his espousal of scientific racism.

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