COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Snow, John, 1813-1858
Date:
1936
Short Title:
Title Page: Snow on Cholera
Publisher:
Commonwealth Fund
Publisher:
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Title Page
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
13
Subject:
Health; Disease
Full Title:
(Title Page to) Snow on Cholera : being a reprint of two papers, by John Snow ; together with a biographical memoir by B.W. Richardson ; and an introduction by Wade Hampton Frost. New York : Commonwealth Fund. London : Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press 1936.
List No:
13187.002
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
Frost, Wade Hampton, 1880-1938.
Engraver or Printer:
Richardson, Benjamin Ward, 1828-1896
Publication Author:
Snow, John, 1813-1858
Pub Date:
1936
Pub Title:
Snow on Cholera : being a reprint of two papers, by John Snow ; together with a biographical memoir by B.W. Richardson ; and an introduction by Wade Hampton Frost. New York : Commonwealth Fund. London : Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press 1936.
Pub Note:
A book on the London cholera outbreak. Reproduction of two papers, in xlviii, viii, 191 pages, portrait. of John Snow and 2 folded maps (1 color). First work originally published: On the mode of communication of cholera. London : J. Churchill, 1855. Second work originally published: On continuous molecular changes. London, J. Churchill, 1853. The book includes "The principal writings of John Snow, M. D.": p. 187-191." John Snow was one of the first Epidemiologists, and he showed that cholera was water-borne, and debunked the (then-popular) Miasma theory.
Pub List No:
13187.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
13187002.jp2
Authors:
Snow, John, 1813-1858
Link To Source
Title Page: Snow on Cholera
