{"product_id":"investigating-cholera-in-broad-street-a-history-in-documents-from-the-broadview-sources-series-paperback","title":"Investigating Cholera in Broad Street: A History in Documents: (From the Broadview Sources Series) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Vinten-Johansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA documentary history of a case that is foundational to the discipline of epidemiology: the investigations into the cause of the Cholera outbreak in 1854 London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book features various accounts of a cholera outbreak in West London that killed over 500 people in ten days during the late summer of 1854. What had caused the outbreak? Local authorities of the time were flummoxed about the mode by which the disease had spread. What has become known as \"the Broad Street pump episode\" is one of the most significant early examples of a team-oriented investigation into the causes of an epidemic--a hallmark of epidemiology and public health today. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection includes documents from the five separate investigations that were conducted into the possible causes. John Snow and Henry Whitehead made independent investigations; inspectors from the General Board of Health and the Sewer Commission, as well as a parish inquiry committee, also scrutinized the outbreak. This volume traces competing notions of how this disease was transmitted, starting with the first pandemic, which reached England in 1831, and it documents how they developed over time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Vinten-Johansen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He is the lead author of \u003cem\u003eCholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow\u003c\/em\u003e, with co-authors Howard Brody, Nigel Paneth, Stephen Rachman, and Michael Rip, and he is the co-founder and content manager of the \u003cem\u003eJohn Snow Archive and Research Companion\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467774574770,"sku":"9781554813940","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f65274b3fd8988c5e59706c377186e63.webp?v=1779037642","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/investigating-cholera-in-broad-street-a-history-in-documents-from-the-broadview-sources-series-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}