Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow

by Nigel Paneth, Michael Rip, Howard Brody, et al.

The product of six years of collaborative research, this fine biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography, and public health. It modifies the conventional rags to riches portrait of John Snow by synthesizing fresh information about his early life from archival research and recent studies. It explores the intellectual roots of his commitments to vegetarianism, temperance, and pure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019513544X
• ISBN13: 9780195135442
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"