History of Medicine: Part 5: John Snow

For 150 years, MicroBiology was known but they were viewed as curiosities and fell into the category of zoology. 

4 videos 

https://youtu.be/TLpzHHbFrHY

https://youtu.be/EnYzMu8OiOQ

https://youtu.be/hKKzUcqZgMY

In three other cases, the deceased were children who went to school near the pump in Broad Street ..."

There was a brewery on Broad Street but none of the workers had died. He found out that they were allowed beer on the job and never touched the pump water.

Mapping deaths
Who provides the water and where does it come from?
Asking where people got their water
Death rate difference
Removing handle and seeing the difference

It's important to note that nobody at this time believed that germs caused sickness. John Snow only believed that dirty water, water that contained.  

Today, on Broad Street in London you can find a replica of the Pump with the handle missing as well as a local pub by the name of "John Snow."

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