During the Black Death, the Granadan physician and statesman Ibn al-Khatib argued that contagion was demonstrated through experience.
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During the Black Death, the Granadan physician and statesman Ibn al-Khatib argued that contagion was demonstrated through experience.
He could not identify the organism behind plague, but he recognized patterns connecting contact with infection.
His reasoning shows that meaningful evidence for disease transmission existed centuries before germ theory explained why it happened.
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