The Choolera Outbreak In The Ghost Map By Steven Berlin Johnson

The book The Ghost Map by Steven Berlin Johnson talks about the cholera outbreak that occurred in Victorian London during the mid-1800s, during this outbreak more than 600 people living in London died from cholera. The book The Ghost Map also talks about how Dr. John Snow who is considered as the “The Father of Epidemiology” created his “Big Experiment” this experiment consistent in finding the reasons behind the cholera outbreak and how it was possible that a certain part of the city was having the most cases of cholera while other parts of the city were “safe” from the cholera outbreak. The first chapter of the book mainly serves to provide background information to the reader. In this chapter we read that one of the main causes of the cholera

In chapter two gives a description of the cholera virus and its main symptoms. During this chapter we discover that because people didn’t saw that cholera caused dehydration, most people that didn’t survive the virus was because they died from dehydration. Chapter three talks about the early life and achievements that Dr. John Snow had during his life. In chapter five we learn that Dr. John Snow came from a poor family, and while he came from a poor family he was able to make a name from himself and became one of the most influential persons of his time. Some of the most notorious work that Dr. Snow did was his chloroform and ethern work. Dr. Snow was one of the first doctors that recommended the use of ethern or chloroform when hafidfjdl adfl operation or Dr. Snow also accomplish to help Queen Victoria during the birth of her eight child. The last two chapters of the book mainly talk about the effects that cholera had in the everyday life of the Londorinse and the first work that Dr. Snow did to accomplish his “Great

During this time most physicians and scientist believed that cholera and other diseases were caused by miasma or the “bad air” that the people were expose to in the cities where they lived. I found this ideal interesting because at that time there wasn’t actual proof that cholera was caused by the “bad air” that Londoners inhaled in London, but most people believed that the cause of most dieses was the “bad air” that they were expose to which made them create the sewer system that unfortuanlly was how the London cholera outbreak started. In today’s society every time that a new diseases is discovered, scientists don’t believed the first theory that one person has to offer. Today when a disease is discover scientist test and retest their hypothesis, until there isn’t any doubt how the disease is transmitted or what causes the