LEADER 03278cam 22004574a 4500001 70483471 003 OCoLC 005 20141212021000.0 008 060713s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 2006023114 020 1594489254 020 9781594489259 029 1 YDXCP |b2434193 035 (Sirsi) o70483471 035 (OCoLC)70483471 040 DLC |cDLC |dBAKER |dWIQ |dYDXCP |dOCO |dC#P |dVP@ |dIXA |dBUR |dCUX |dUtOrBLW 043 e-uk--- 049 NEHH 050 00 RC133.G6 |bJ64 2006 100 1 Johnson, Steven, |d1968- |=^A597664 245 14 The ghost map : |bthe story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / |cSteven Johnson. 260 New York : |bRiverhead Books, |c2006. 300 299 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index. 505 0 |t Preface -- |t Monday, August 28 : the night-soil men -- |t Saturday, September 2 : eyes sunk, lips dark blue -- |t Sunday, September 3 : the investigator -- |t Monday, September 4 : that is to say, Jo has not yet died -- |t Tuesday, September 5 : all smell is disease -- |t Wednesday, September 6 : building the case -- |t Friday, September 8 : the pump handle -- |t Conclusion : the ghost map -- |t Epilogue : Broad Street revisited. 520 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 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Author Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts as he risked his own life to prove how the epidemic was being spread. When he created the map that traced the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve a pressing medical riddle--he established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment.--From publisher description. 541 |3Laupus-E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection 583 0 |3Laupus Strongly consider not to weed. Item was originally housed in History Collection |h MMN and MB. 650 2 Cholera |zEngland |zLondon |xhistory |y19th century |zEngland |zEngland. |=^A918565 650 12 Cholera |xepidemiology |zLondon |zEngland. |=^A944774 650 22 History, 19th Century |zLondon |zEngland. |=^A941126 994 C0 |bNEH 959 1040205 096 WC 264 |bJ65 2006 596 4 998 1574384