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The following information is to promote reading on the life and times of Dr. John Snow. There is no financial link between the non-commercial John Snow Site and the authors or publishers of these books.
A Victorian novel of John Snow filled with desire, destruction, and redemption as portrayed in fiction by Liza Pennywitt Taylor. The entire book with one gripping chapter after another is available on the John Snow site.
The True Story of a Terrifying Epidemic This children's book by Judy Allen was published for a short while in England, but is no longer readily available. It offers an excellent account for young persons of the cholera outbreak in the Soho region of London. "Blue death" refers to the bluish color of the cholera patient.
A life of John Snow A group from Michigan State University has written a scholarly biography and created a website on the life of John Snow, appropriate for those wanting in-depth information on this unique individual in the history of epidemiology and anesthesiology.
The Practice and Science of Anesthesiology in Victorian Britain. Stephanie Snow addresses the history of inhalational anesthesiology in Victorian Britain and much more, in her 2006 book. Prominently included is Dr. John Snow, who's image also appears on the cover.
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world. Steven Johnson in his 2006 scientific detective book focuses on the London cholera outbreak of 1854, including the insights and heroics of Dr. John Snow, Reverend Henry Whitehead and the importance of the Broad Street pump.
John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera. Sandra Hempel originally published this book in the United Kingdom with the title The Medical Detective (2006). Published by the University of California Press, this book tells the story of cholera in England during the nineteenth century, and the role of John Snow in explaining and controlling the terrifying epidemic.
Disease, Disaster and the Water we Drink The focus of the book by Robert D. Morris is drinking water and problems that arise with purported fail-safe water systems. The subject of part I of his book (108 pages) is John Snow, followed in Parts II and III by tales of Robert Koch who clarified the link between the cholera organism and disease, and by other scientists concerned with water safety.
John Snow e la vera storia del colera a Londria Disease, Disaster and the Water we Drink [John Snow and the true history of cholera in London] Tom Jefferson has created an interesting book on John Snow in Italian, including fine copies of Snow's two maps (i.e., Map 1 of the Broad Street Pump outbreak and Map 2 of the Grand Experiment) and past and present images of John Snow's life and times. The work is a translation of John Snow's On The Mode of Communication of Cholera (2nd Ed). Included are an extensive introduction by Tom Jefferson, contextual figures and items, and historical and epidemiologic annotations to the text.
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