Contagionism Catches On

The reformers, who were often "outsiders," English Nonconformists or men born outside England, emerged from three coincidental transformations: transformation in medical ideas, in the nature and content of medical education, and in the sort of men who became physicians.

Reformatorii, care erau adesea „straini”, nonconformisti englezi sau barbati nascuti in afara Angliei, au iesit din trei transformari coincidente: transformarea ideilor medicale, in natura si continutul educatiei medicale si in felul barbatilor care au devenit medici.