The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world /

"An account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London--and an exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease in cities. In the summer of 1854, a devastating cholera outbreak seized London just as it was emerging as a modern city: more than...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Steven, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book (Internet Archive account required)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Monday, August 28 : the night-soil men
  • Saturday, September 2 : eyes sunk, lips dark blue
  • Sunday, September 3 : the investigator
  • Monday, September 4 : that is to say, Jo has not yet died
  • Tuesday, September 5 : all smell is disease
  • Wednesday, September 6 : building the case
  • Friday, September 8 : the pump handle
  • Conclusion : the ghost map
  • Epilogue : Broad Street revisited.