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Sick City: Maps and Mortality in the Time of Cholera URL: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/06/061106crbo_books Description: This 2006 review of a book about cholera epidemics in the 19th century discusses how English doctor John Snow discovered that this disease was often communicated through people drinking contaminated water (rather than through coming in contact with "noxious miasmas," as many postulated). Topics addressed include the prevalence of cholera among the poor, development of water supply companies, and the use of mapping in epidemiology. From The New Yorker. LII Topics: Cholera, Infectious Diseases, Water, Water Supply Author: Shapin, Steven Publisher: ConeéNet Extra Keywords condenet LII Database Information: Record 24834 created by Maria Brandt on 11/02/2007 Last modification on 11/05/2007 Published: 11/14/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24834 |
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