Click here for the original audio. The cholera epidemic of 1854 quickly killed more than 600 people in a neighborhood of London. Officials incorrectly assumed it spread through smelly air until one ...
In 1854, a cholera outbreak in London caused hundreds of deaths within a short period. Physician John Snow investigated the ...
A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths in the area. The following is an excerpt from Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s ...