| Edition |
First Riverhead trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-284) and index. |
| Summary |
A chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Monday, August 28 : the night-soil men -- Saturday, September 2 : eyes sunk, lips dark blue -- Sunday, September 3 : the investigator -- Monday, September 4 : that is to say, Jo has not yet died -- Tuesday, September 5 : all smell is disease -- Wednesday, September 6 : building the case -- Friday, September 8 : the pump handle -- Conclusion : the ghost map -- Epilogue : Broad Street revisited -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix : notes on further reading -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Cholera -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Cholera. (OCoLC)fst00858405
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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Cholera -- London (England) -- History.
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Cholera -- history -- London.
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Disease Outbreaks -- history -- London.
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History, 19th Century -- London.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. TxSaTAM
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| ISBN |
9781594482694 |
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1594482691 |
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