The strange case of the Broad Street pump : John Snow and the mystery of cholera / Sandra Hempel.
"In 1831, an unknown, horrifying, and deadly disease from Asia swept into continental Europe and across North America, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. A killer with little respect for class or wealth, cholera rocked Victorian England when it arrived in its c...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
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| Summary: | "In 1831, an unknown, horrifying, and deadly disease from Asia swept into continental Europe and across North America, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. A killer with little respect for class or wealth, cholera rocked Victorian England when it arrived in its capital, where it indiscriminately ravaged the squalid streets of Soho and the great centers of power - the Privy Council. Whitehall, and the Royal Medical Colleges. In this book, Sandra Hempel tells the story of John Snow, a reclusive doctor without money or social position, who - alone and unrecognized - had the genius to look beyond the conventional wisdom of his day and reveal the truth behind the pandemic. She describes how Snow discovered that cholera was spread through drinking water and how this subsequently laid the foundations for the modern, scientific investigation of today's fatal plagues."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: The medical detective. London. Granta, 2006. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 321 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520250494 9780520250499 |