How Did Josiah Nott Use The Intersect Theory To Yellow Fever
Josiah Nott is known for theories like the mosquito was one course for the spread malaria. He is also being known for being the first to apply the insect theory to yellow fever. During 1853 Josiah Nott’s lost four of his children to yellow fever in one week, which made him strive to understand the spread of the disease.
Josiah Nott is also know for his arguments such as that races of the world occupied different types of areas of the world and did not come from a single place. Nott’s believed that God created each race placed each race in separate points in the world. Nott’s also believed that the different categories mankind did not allow for superiority of one type of race over another, each types was suited to their own area, and was superior in its own terrain. …show more content…
Nott’s believed that monogamy was foolish and had no biblical or scientific basis. Nott’s pointed out to the monuments and artifacts excavated in Egypt that show the "White, Mongolian and Negro existed at least five thousand years ago". Nott claimed that this proved beyond dispute that each race had been created separately.
Nott’s also claimed that the writers of the Bible did not know any races except themselves and their close neighbors, and that the Bible does not concern the whole of the earth's population. According to Nott’s there are no verses in the Bible that supports monogamy. Nott’s believed that monogamists were wrong for interpreting one of the bibles verses "one blood" of Paul's sermon in their own way because it only includes the nations he knew existed, which were
Josiah Nott is also know for his arguments such as that races of the world occupied different types of areas of the world and did not come from a single place. Nott’s believed that God created each race placed each race in separate points in the world. Nott’s also believed that the different categories mankind did not allow for superiority of one type of race over another, each types was suited to their own area, and was superior in its own terrain. …show more content…
Nott’s believed that monogamy was foolish and had no biblical or scientific basis. Nott’s pointed out to the monuments and artifacts excavated in Egypt that show the "White, Mongolian and Negro existed at least five thousand years ago". Nott claimed that this proved beyond dispute that each race had been created separately.
Nott’s also claimed that the writers of the Bible did not know any races except themselves and their close neighbors, and that the Bible does not concern the whole of the earth's population. According to Nott’s there are no verses in the Bible that supports monogamy. Nott’s believed that monogamists were wrong for interpreting one of the bibles verses "one blood" of Paul's sermon in their own way because it only includes the nations he knew existed, which were