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John Snow
(15 Mar 1813 - 16 Jun 1858)
English obstetrician, epidemiologist and public health reformer.
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Science Quotes by John Snow (3 quotes)
![John Snow quote: All that would be required to prevent the disease [cholera] would be such a close attention to cleanliness in c](https://todayinsci.com/S/Snow_John/SnowJohn-Prevent500x250px.jpg)
All that would be required to prevent the disease [cholera] would be such a close attention to cleanliness in cooking and eating, and to drainage and water supply, as is desirable at all times.
— John Snow
In 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera', The Edinburgh Medical Journal (Jan 1856), Vol. 1, No. 7, 670.
I arrived at the conclusion in the latter part of 1848, that cholera is communicated by the evacuations from the alimentary canal.
— John Snow
In 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera', The Edinburgh Medical Journal (Jan 1856), Vol. 1, No. 7, 668-669.
In my opinion, the cholera poison only produces its effects through the air when carried by insects, or when the evacuations become dry, and are wafted as a fine dust.
— John Snow
In 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera', The Edinburgh Medical Journal (Jan 1856), Vol. 1, No. 7, 669.
![John Snow quote: All that would be required to prevent the disease [cholera] would be such a close attention to cleanliness in c](https://todayinsci.com/S/Snow_John/SnowJohn-PreventThm.jpg)
See also:
- 15 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Snow's birth.
- On the Mode of Communication of Cholera - John Snow, Edinburgh Medical Journal (1856)
- Cholera, Chloroform and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow, by Peter Vinten-Johansen. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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