TY - BOOK AU - Hempel,Sandra TI - The medical detective: John Snow, cholera and the mystery of the broad street pump SN - 1862078424 AV - RA644.C3 H46 2007 U1 - 614.514094109034 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Snow, John, KW - Cholera -- Epidemiology -- History -- 19th century KW - Epidemiologists -- Great Britain -- Biography KW - Cholera KW - epidemiology KW - Great Britain KW - history KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - History, 19th Century KW - Physicians KW - Biography N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0707/2006024981.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006024981-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006024981-d.html ER -