Cholera was described in Sanskrit ... Its source was identified by British physician John Snow. In 1854, he famously removed ...

The modern approach began in 1854 when Queen Victoria’s anesthetist, John Snow, discovered that cholera was spread through the water supply, transmitted by drinking contaminated water, and urged the ...

Firdausi Qadri, the “godmother” of the cholera field, in a Dhaka, Bangladesh, neighborhood where she runs many studies. Image by Anik Rahman. Bangladesh is leading the fight against this ancient ...

📜 England's Broad Street Pump - Part 1 - Extra History Thanks to his mother's support, John Snow rose from humble beginnings as a coal miner's son and apprenticed to a doctor in Newcastle. As a ...

John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology! On September 7, 1854, Dr. John Snow took his research to the officials, who reluctantly agreed to his suggestion and took the handle off a pump.

Celebrating W. Ian Lipkin, MD, the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The event marks Lipkin’s 40th year in research, 50th year in medicine ...

John Snow's famous map of cholera cases during an epidemic in London, showing clustering around the Broad Street pump, 1854. Source: Wiki Commons ...

After John Snow proved in the 1850s that cholera was spread through contaminated water, wealthier countries and regions built safe drinking water and sanitation systems. Yet today, 2.2 billion ...

After John Snow proved in the 1850s that cholera was spread through contaminated water, wealthier countries and regions built safe drinking water and sanitation systems.