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John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump PDF Book Well Written and Easy to Read, Despite of the Heavy Subject THE MEDICAL DETECTIVE: JOHN SNOW, CHOLERA AND THE MYSTERY OF THE BROAD STREET PUMP PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Sandra Hempel | 304 pages | 06 Aug 2007 | GRANTA BOOKS | 9781862079373 | English | London, United Kingdom The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump PDF Book Well written and easy to read, despite of the heavy subject. When people didb't believe the doctor who proposed the answer and suggested a way to stop the spread of such a deadly disease, I wanted to scream in frustration! He first published his theory in an essay, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera , [21] followed by a more detailed treatise in incorporating the results of his investigation of the role of the water supply in the Soho epidemic of Snow did not approach cholera from a scientific point of view. Sandra Hempel. John Snow. The city had widened the street and the cesspit was lost. He showed that homes supplied by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company , which was taking water from sewage-polluted sections of the Thames , had a cholera rate fourteen times that of those supplied by Lambeth Waterworks Company , which obtained water from the upriver, cleaner Seething Wells. Sandra Hempel did a fantastic job with grabbing attention of the reader and her experience with journalism really shows itself in this book. He then repeated the procedure for the delivery of her daughter three years later. View 2 comments. Episode 6. The author did a wonderful job of keeping me interested in what could have been a fairly dry subject. Read more It is for those interested in people that pursued their own ideas despite being ignored or dismissed, in the birth of some key scientific principles, in the conditions of 19th century England. Though he thoroughly worked with ether as an anaesthetic, he never attempted to patent it; instead, he continued to work and publish written works on his observations and research. The Medical Detective is a richly detailed read that chronicles the spread, treatment and eventual prevention of this deadly virus. Download cover. An account of the beginning of health and welfare reform is set alongside the establishment of consumer rights and food laws. The book draws extensively on 19th century medical, political and personal records in order to describe what is both an important breakthrough for medical science and also a dramatic story with a cast of colourful characters, from the heroic to the frighteningly incompetent. Category Commons WikiProject. I'll never get through my to-read list at this rate. Consider also T. He was finally vindicated, after having been ignored for a long time, but his fame came after his untimely death. However, I found it an interesting, easy read from start to finish. But that was the views of the British at the time. Feb 08, Petra rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction. Her reconstruction of the cholera outbreak in Soho in August and September makes particularly lively reading, and this is the part of her text that general readers will probably find most memorable. After reading this book, John Snow is my hero. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Rather he went cracking at it like a detective. I found it quite illuminating. The Colony Grace Karskens. Dec 02, Lucy B added it. By , Snow and Greenhow's nephew, Dr. Contact Contact Us Help. The germ theory of disease had not yet been developed, so Snow did not understand the mechanism by which the disease was transmitted. In , when he was 14, he obtained a medical apprenticeship with William Hardcastle in the area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The History of the Cholera in Exeter in Its opening was originally under a nearby house, which had been rebuilt farther away after a fire. Feb 28, Jaksen rated it it was amazing. Jun 11, Mike McDonald rated it really liked it. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. There is so much more to love in this book, with little related side stories regarding Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale and the namesake of Big Ben. The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump Writer I always marvel at books where so many of the 'experts' turn out to be total dunces, disregarding what's right in front of them and adhering to old ideas and theories which time and again turn out to be total crap. Email address. Cholera did not affect only the poor, by any means, but the conditions under which they lived were conducive to the disease spreading. Farr denied Snow's explanation of how exactly the contaminated water spread cholera, although he did accept that water had a role in the spread of the illness. Retrieved 6 June Building upon them over and over again until he came to the conclusion, water. Biostatistics Child mortality Community health Epidemiology Global health Health impact assessment Health system Infant mortality Open-source healthcare software Public health informatics Social determinants of health Health equity Race and health Social medicine. The turning point for Snow was when, during the cholera epidemic that swept Soho, he was able to map the presentation of the disease across the local areas, linking water from the Broad Street pump as the source of the cholera outbreak. Namespaces Article Talk. ISBN: He was 45 years old at the time. London: John Churchill. Once finding a potential lead, he went door to door asking questions, gathering intellect from victims, observers, and his own work. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless. Readers also enjoyed. However, on 7 April , Queen Victoria asked John Snow to administer chloroform during the delivery of her eighth child. Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Snow physician. Jun 11, Mike McDonald rated it really liked it. A dramatic account with a colorful cast of characters, The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump features diversions into fascinating facets of medical and social history, such as Snow's tending of Queen Victoria in childbirth, Dutch microbiologist Leeuwenhoek's deliberate breeding of lice in his socks, Dickensian children's farms, and riotous nineteenth-century anesthesia parties. It fits in this instance. MPs explore GP workload cap and flag damaging impact of intense pressure MPs have raised the prospect of a cap on GP consultations in an investigation into He first published his theory in an essay, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera , [21] followed by a more detailed treatise in incorporating the results of his investigation of the role of the water supply in the Soho epidemic of The Royal College of Anaesthetists. Littered with names that any medic today will recognise from their student days. His best piece of work was the collection of data on water sources among cholera victims which he used to determine whether this exposure was associated with greater risk of illness. Wikisource has the text of the — Dictionary of National Biography's article about Snow, John. Radcliffe Publishing. Friend Reviews. BBC Radio 4. Copub: Granta Project MUSE Mission Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. However, chloroform was the easiest drug to administer. It is for those interested in people that pursued their own ideas despite being ignored or dismissed, in the birth of some key scientific principles, in the conditions of 19th century England. Episode 6. Snow suffered a stroke while working in his London office on 10 June If you enjoy learning about medical history, don't go past this one. He was a man to die in his 40's infamous for his work in anesthesia, epidemiology and queer persona. Sewage, defecation from all living creatures, vomit, dirt, mud, and a whole bunch of other things ravaged the streets. London's principal surgeons suddenly wanted his assistance. Snow was a quiet man, who despite his many great works, could have gone down in history unknown. In , an unknown, horrifying, and deadly disease from Asia swept across continental Europe and North America, killing millions and throwing the medical profession into confusion. The author cites a lot of contemporary sources to illustrate the debates among doctors, government officials, and others with wrong theories of how cholera is spread, how it affects the body, and the often horrific treatments that were inflicted on patients. Vol The Medical Detective: John Snow, Cholera and the Mystery of the Broad Street Pump Reviews At times The Strange Case is packed with too many irrelevant facts -- one gets the sense that Hempel wanted no bit of research she did to go unshared -- but some of these random asides are fascinating. It reads as the absorbing narrative of an unfolding drama. Why the heck does it cost so much? It was the ground breaking work of anesthetist, Dr John Snow, that identified that cholera was spread through water, thus leading the way to the rise of modern sanitation in London. Categories : Public health in the United Kingdom births deaths English anaesthetists Burials at Brompton Cemetery Cholera 19th-century English medical doctors Alumni of the University of London Alumni of Westminster Hospital Medical School English temperance activists British public health doctors People from York Medical doctors from Yorkshire Water supply and sanitation in London 19th-century English writers English male writers 19th-century British male writers Environmental health practitioners British epidemiologists Physicians of the Westminster Hospital Spatial epidemiology.
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