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Apr 13, 2013 · This Review provides abstracts from a meeting held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on April 11–12, 2013, to celebrate the legacy of John Snow. They describe conventional and unconventional applications of epidemiological methods to problems ranging from diarrhoeal disease, mental health, cancer, and accident care, to education, poverty, financial networks, crime, and ...
Aug 29, 2016 · John Snow's accomplishments in medicine, anesthesia, and epidemiology constituted an achievement that changed the face of medical practice. He conducted translational research in his home laboratory that enabled him to understand the mechanisms of vaporizing volatile anesthetic agents—ether and chloroform—so that safe delivery systems of anesthesia could be designed.
May 7, 2021 · John Snow (1813–1858) was an English physician, a leader in the development of anaesthesia and a founding father of epidemiology. 1 – 3 His name is inextricably linked with tracing the source of the infamous 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho, London, which killed over 600 people. He was equally famed as an anaesthetist, studying both chloroform ...
In this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival, actors portray how John Snow, a London physician, traced a major outbreak of cholera in the 1850s to its source. Using logic, statistics, and mapping, Snow rejected the idea that cholera was carried in a cloud of bad air. Instead, he believed contaminated water was responsible for spreading the disease among the local population. Snow’s ...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see John Snow . John Snow, (born March 15, 1813, York, Eng.—died June 16, 1858, London), British physician known for his studies of cholera and widely viewed as the father of modern epidemiology. His best-known studies include his investigation of London’s Broad Street pump outbreak (1854 ...
Dec 1, 2021 · Snow's accomplishments in anesthesiology and epidemiology reflected a concatenation of science, focus, and creativity. His training in the early 19th century integrated science, medicine, and his keen interest in respiratory physiology. His early clinical exposure to colliery workers in Newcastle was likely influenced by the earlier development ...
Oct 18, 2017 · John Snow (shown below) was a physician in London who spent several decades studying cholera in a systematic way. He is most often credited with solving an outbreak of cholera that occurred in London in 1854 (the outbreak is described below), but his studies of cholera were much more extensive than that. The first cholera epidemic in London ...
