Pioneer anaesthetist and epidemiologist. Born North Street in York. The site given as the source for the picture of Snow is an excellent site.
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Dr. John Snow
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Cholera - Lambeth - 1848-9
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excess...
Dr. John Snow
Dr. John Snow, 1813 - 1858, pioneer anaesthetist and epidemiologist lived in ...
Dr John Snow - RSC plaque
RSC - advancing the chemical sciences National Chemical Landmark Dr John Snow...
Dr John Snow - site of pump
The red granite kerbstone marks the site of the historic Broad Street pump as...
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G. C. Green
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Jerwood Medical Education Centre
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Warrington Hotel - Handel bust
W9, Randolph Avenue, Warrington Hotel
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We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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