In a now legendary experiment in 1854, Dr. John Snow, a London physician, conducted a simple yet brilliant test that helped to settle the debate about the transmission of cholera. Snow drew a map [see ...

John Snow, Father of Epidemiology A London physician by the name of John Snow mapped out the spread of a cholera outbreak in the city 150 years ago. ... Dr. Nigel Paneth, co-author, Cholera, ...

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On June 16, 1858, the world lost a legendary medical pioneer. John Snow MD, suffered a fatal stroke while nearing completion of his book Chloroform and Other Anesthetics, which was edited and ...

Dr. John Snow suspected bad water might actually be the agent of transmission — and he wanted to prove it in time to stop the outbreak. Through a mix of personal interviews, ...

Pioneers like Dr. John Snow were using chlorine bleach to disinfect contaminated water as early as the 1850s. (Snow also invented epidemiology, discovered the cause of cholera, ...

Within 250 yards of a water pump outside London, “upwards of 500 fatal attacks of cholera” occurred in 10 days. Dr. John Snow worked around the clock to track down information from hospital ...

Joseph Rowntree may be known throughout the world but, as MATT CLARK discovers, one of York’s unsung heroes did as much to improve the lot of… ...

Ghost Map details Snow's efforts to prove his theory that cholera was a water-borne illness. Johnson, author of the provocative Everything Bad Is Good For You, which laid a defense for video games ...