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Cholera, chloroform, and the science of medicine : a life of John Snow / Peter Vinten-Johansen [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vinten-Johansen, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snow, John, 1813-1858.
- Snow, John.
- Epidemiologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Epidemiologists.
- Anesthesiologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Anesthesiologists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (454 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The product of six years of collaborative research, this biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anaesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography and public health. It argues that all of Snow's later contributions are traceable to his London training and early career.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 York and Newcastle, 1813�1833""; ""CHAPTER 2 Senior Apprentice and Assistant, 1830�1836""; ""CHAPTER 3 London Medical and Surgical Training, 1836�1838""; ""CHAPTER 4 Forging a London Career, 1838�1846""; ""CHAPTER 5 Ether""; ""CHAPTER 6 Chloroform""; ""CHAPTER 7 Cholera Theories: Controversy and Confusion""; ""CHAPTER 8 Snow�s Cholera Theory""; ""CHAPTER 9 Professional Success""; ""CHAPTER 10 Cholera and Metropolitan Water Supply""; ""CHAPTER 11 Broad Street""; ""CHAPTER 12 Snow and the Mapping of Cholera Epidemics""
- ""CHAPTER 13 Snow and the Sanitarians""""CHAPTER 14 Further Developments in Anesthesia""; ""CHAPTER 15 Common Ground: Continuous Molecular Changes""; ""CHAPTER 16 Snow�s Multiple Legacies""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770597-9
- 1-280-53095-2
- 9786610530953
- 0-19-974788-1
- 1-4237-8466-9
- OCLC:
- 922952676
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