In the summer of 1849, I published certain conclusions at which I have arrived with regard to Asiatic cholera, and the facts and reasonings which had led to them. The following is a very brief outline of these views. The cholera commences as an affection of the alimentary canal, and not with general illness; there is no evidence of poisoning of the blood in this disease, except in some cases where secondary fever occurs; there is conclusive evidence that cholera may be communicated from pe...

On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics: Their Action and Administration is a comprehensive and authoritative medical treatise originally published in the 19th century, offering an in-depth exploration of the discovery, properties, physiological effects, and practical administration of chloroform and other anaesthetic agents. Written by Dr. John Snow, a pioneering figure in anaesthesia and epidemiology, the book meticulously details the chemical composition, methods of preparation, and mechan...

The existence of Asiatic Cholera cannot be distinctly traced back further than the year 1769. Previous to that time the greater part of India was unknown to European medical men; and this is probably the reason why the history of cholera does not extend to a more remote period. It has been proved by various documents, quoted by Mr. Scot, that cholera was prevalent at Madras in the year above mentioned, and that it carried off many thousands of persons in the peninsula of India from that ti...

On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is a groundbreaking medical treatise by Dr. John Snow, first published in 1849 and later expanded in 1855. This seminal work meticulously investigates the causes and transmission of cholera, a devastating disease that swept through 19th-century Europe and beyond. Drawing on detailed case studies, statistical analysis, and firsthand observations, Snow challenges the prevailing miasma theory—which held that cholera was spread by bad air—and instead pre...

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John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera outbreak to one pump and was able to have it closed, ending the outbreak, despite deep resistance from the local authorities, who did not want to believe his theory. This was a massive event in public health and the founding event of the science of epidemiology. Snow was also an early pioneer of anaesthesia....

Cholera and the Water Supply in the South Districts of London in 1854 is a detailed historical account that examines the devastating cholera outbreak that struck the southern districts of London in the mid-19th century. Drawing on contemporary reports, medical observations, and statistical data, the book explores the intricate relationship between public health and urban infrastructure, focusing particularly on the role of contaminated water supplies in the spread of the disease. The narra...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Outstanding.' Irish Independent'Exquisite.' Daily Mail'Hypnotic.' Financial Times'This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.' The Times'The body is in the library,' Colonel Osborne said. 'Come this way.'Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass Ho...

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“A great and almost irresistibly beguiling . . . novelist. . . . [Snow is] enriched by . . . mesmerizing mixes: cruelty and farce, poetry and violence, and a voice whose timbres range from a storyteller’s playfulness to the dark torment of an explorer, lost.”–The New York TimesAn exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their hea...