The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world /
Johnson, Steven, 1968-
The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / Steven Johnson. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2006. - 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.
This book chronicles the outbreak and spread of cholera in London during the summer of 1854 and the efforts of Reverend Henry Whitehead and Dr. John Snow, who isolated the disease and put an end to the epidemic.
1594489254 9781594489259 1594482691 (pbk) 9781594482694 (pbk)
BRO-copy20061101-153 BRO-cust20061130-153 BRO-cust20061228-153 BRO-cust20061229-153 BRO-cust20070117-054
2006023114
Cholera--History--England--London--19th century.
Epidemiology
RC133.G6 / J64 2006
614.514
The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / Steven Johnson. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2006. - 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.
This book chronicles the outbreak and spread of cholera in London during the summer of 1854 and the efforts of Reverend Henry Whitehead and Dr. John Snow, who isolated the disease and put an end to the epidemic.
1594489254 9781594489259 1594482691 (pbk) 9781594482694 (pbk)
BRO-copy20061101-153 BRO-cust20061130-153 BRO-cust20061228-153 BRO-cust20061229-153 BRO-cust20070117-054
2006023114
Cholera--History--England--London--19th century.
Epidemiology
RC133.G6 / J64 2006
614.514