The etiologic debate raged for many years.
The etiologic classification of disease is based on the cause, when known.
These traditions are found in etiologic stories about how man first learned to hunt, discovered tobacco, and accomplished other things.
The most widely used classifications of disease are (1) topographic, by bodily region or system, (2) anatomic, by organ or tissue, (3) physiological, by function or effect, (4) pathological, by the nature of the disease process, (5) etiologic (causal), (6) juristic, by speed of advent of death, (7) epidemiological, and (8) statistical.
The two etiologic hypotheses germ theory and miasma were widely debated, with available clinical and population-based evidence serving as the basis for arguments from both sides.
Case definitions may be based on a constellation of clinical signs (e.g., fever with vomiting or diarrhea) or on serology (e.g., the presence of antibodies to the etiologic agent).
This hypothetical case suggests the importance of the etiologic, as well as the epidemiological, classification of disease.
The etiologic theme often seems to be added to a mythical narrative as an afterthought.
Accordingly, an etiologic tale explains the origin of a custom, state of affairs, or natural feature in the human or divine world.
In addition to such etiologic tales there are several myths that speak of cosmic changes brought about at the end of primordial times.
Examples are fables, fairy tales, folktales, sagas, epics, legends, and etiologic tales (which refer to causes or explain why a thing is the way it is).
