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How did pre-Enlightenment era cultures, especially beyond Europe, understand infection and associated fever on a physical level? For example, infection arising from injuries or other causes that were understood as being tangible, rather than something supernatural or ephemeral.

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How did pre-Enlightenment era cultures, especially beyond Europe, understand infection and associated fever on a physical level? For example, infection arising from injuries or other causes that were understood as being tangible, rather than something supernatural or ephemeral.	2