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Cholera, chloroform, and the science of medicine : a life of John Snow /

The product of six years of collaborative research, this fine biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anaesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography, and public health. It modifies the conventional rags to riches portrait of John Snow by synthesising fresh information abou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vinten-Johansen, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 York and Newcastle, 1813â€?1833
  • CHAPTER 2 Senior Apprentice and Assistant, 1830â€?1836
  • CHAPTER 3 London Medical and Surgical Training, 1836â€?1838
  • CHAPTER 4 Forging a London Career, 1838â€?1846
  • CHAPTER 5 Ether
  • CHAPTER 6 Chloroform
  • CHAPTER 7 Cholera Theories: Controversy and Confusion
  • CHAPTER 8 Snowâ€?s Cholera Theory
  • CHAPTER 9 Professional Success
  • CHAPTER 10 Cholera and Metropolitan Water Supply
  • CHAPTER 11 Broad Street
  • CHAPTER 12 Snow and the Mapping of Cholera Epidemics
  • CHAPTER 13 Snow and the SanitariansCHAPTER 14 Further Developments in Anesthesia
  • CHAPTER 15 Common Ground: Continuous Molecular Changes
  • CHAPTER 16 Snowâ€?s Multiple Legacies
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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