Understanding Cholera
Dr John Snow in 1854, was determined to disprove the idea that bad air or miasma caused Cholera. During one outbreak in London he questioned locals in Broad Street where their water supply came from. They each identified the same water pump. He took the handle off the pump, and no one else contracted Cholera. (It was less than three feet underground from an open and full cesspool.)
This was the proof he needed that dirty water caused Cholera.
Ten years later Louis Pasteur proved that germs caused diseases.
LINKS | 19th C Industrial Revolution: Public Health | Chadwick | Public Health Acts | Snow & Cholera |
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