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Compared cholera occurrence with water exposure and water suppliers, using observations across households and outbreaks to investigate a route of transmission and possible prevention.
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This record is the 1855 treatise and its reported investigations. It does not attribute the discovery of the cholera organism to Snow, treat removing a pump handle as a randomized trial, or absorb later sanitation work and Henry Whitehead's investigation into Snow's authorship.
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- UCLA John Snow Archive: original 1855 treatise, Part 1
- UCLA John Snow Archive: original treatise, water-company comparison
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John Snow
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Snow: investigating cholera through water supply
Compared cholera occurrence with water exposure and water suppliers, using observations across households and outbreaks to investigate a route of transmission and possible prevention.
Scientific scope
This record is the 1855 treatise and its reported investigations. It does not attribute the discovery of the cholera organism to Snow, treat removing a pump handle as a randomized trial, or absorb later sanitation work and Henry Whitehead's investigation into Snow's authorship.
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John Snow
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