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. 2006 Jan;19(1):24-8.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2006.11928120.

John Snow, MD: anaesthetist to the Queen of England and pioneer epidemiologist

Michael A E Ramsay  1
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John Snow, MD: anaesthetist to the Queen of England and pioneer epidemiologist

Michael A E Ramsay. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2006 Jan.
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Figure 1
John Snow in the mid-1850s. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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Figure 2
Recent photograph of Snow's lodging in Frith Street marked by a historical marker on the wall above the street sign. Source: Frerichs RR. Photo tour of John Snow's London. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Available at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/phototour1.html.
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Figure 3
Engraving in Snow's 1847 book showing an apparatus for the application of ether.
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Figure 4
Treatise published by John Snow.
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Figure 5
Each bar denotes a death at each address close to the Broad Street pump. Source: Snow J. On the Mode of Communication of Cholera. London: John Churchill, 1855.
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Figure 6
Tombstone of Dr. John Snow. Source: Frerichs RR. John Snow's final rest. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Available at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/death.html.
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Figure 7
A replica of the Broad Street Pump with the handle missing can be found on Broadwick Street, the renamed Broad Street. The actual site of the pump is marked by a red curbstone and a historical marker on a nearby wall. Source: Frerichs RR. The Broad Street pump. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Epidemiology,School of Public Health.Available at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/phototour3.html.
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Figure 8
(a) The John Snow public house, near the original water pump. Source: The John Snow Society (http://www.johnsnowsociety.org/). (b) Memorabilia of John Snow on view inside the public house. Source: Frerichs RR. John Snow pub. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Available at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowpub.html.
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References

    1. Frerichs RR. John Snow. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health. Available at http://www.ph.ucla./epi/snow.html; accessed August 29, 2005.
    1. John Snow Society. Home page. Available at http://www.johnsnowsociety.org; accessed August 29, 2005.
    1. Vinten-Johansen P, Brody H, Paneth N, Rachman S, Rip M. Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003.

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