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The medical detective : John Snow, cholera and the mystery of the broad street pump /

Hempel, Sandra.

The medical detective : John Snow, cholera and the mystery of the broad street pump / John Snow and the mystery of cholera Sandra Hempel. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. - viii, 308 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Originally published: The medical detective. London. Granta, 2006. Summary: Drawing on 19th century medical, political and personal records, this book describes John Snow's discovery that cholera is spread through drinking water. It also includes diversions into aspects of medical and social history - from Snow's tending of Queen Victoria in childbirth, to Leeuwenhoek's deliberate breeding of lice in his socks

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.

1862078424 9781862078420

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Snow, John, 1813-1858.


Cholera -- Epidemiology -- History -- 19th century.
Epidemiologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Cholera--epidemiology--Great Britain.
Cholera--history--Great Britain.
Disease Outbreaks--history--Great Britain.
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
Physicians--Great Britain--Biography.

RA644.C3 / H46 2007

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