The Case Books of Dr. John Snow: ”February 13, 1850-August 30, 1851”

The Case Books of Dr. John Snow: ”September 3, 1851-March 5, 1853”

Administered Chloroform to a young man in Highgate, the son of a Butcher, whilst Mr. Coulson tied several large haemorrhoids from which the patient had lost a great deal of blood two or three days before. He was a muscular man and accustomed to lift {323) 323 heavy weights, and there was some excitement & considerable rigidity. No sickness. Wednesday 10 Sept. Administered Chloroform to a lady n...

The Case Books of Dr. John Snow: ”March 7, 1853-December 9, 1854”

The Case Books of Dr. John Snow: ”July 5, 1856-June 10, 1857”

Saturday 5 July Administered Chloroform at King's College Hospital to a man whilst Mr. Partridge operated for necrosis of the tibia. Also to a child, 5 years old, whilst Mr. Fergusson operated for club foot. (710 } Also to a man whilst he operated for fissure of the anus. 710 Also to a young man whilst he operated for phymosis. Also to a woman whilst he removed a tumour of the breast. Also to a...

American Asylums for the Insane *Reports of Institutions for the Insane in the United States.1. Of the McLean Asylum, for 1851 and 1852.2. Of the Butler Hospital, for 1851 and 1852.3. Of the Retreat at Hartford, for 1851 and 1852.4. Of the Maine State Hospital, for 1851 and 1852.5. Of the New Hampshire Asylum, for 1852.6. Of the Vermont Asylum, for 1851.7. Of the Boston Hospital (Paupers), for 1849, 1850, and 1851.

1. The report by Dr. Bell, of the McLean Asylum, for the year 1851, is, like most of its predecessors, very brief, and is mostly devoted to a description of the method by which the Cochiuate water has been introduced into the buildings of the institution. A disbeliever in the value of statistics in insanity, the Doctor makes his practice consistent with his theory by restricting these data to t...

Commentary: Behind the Broad Street pump: aetiology, epidemiology and prevention of cholera in mid-19th century Britain.

Introductory epidemiology text books and courses generally contain little epidemiological history, but an exception is made for the story of John Snow, the water-born transmission of cholera, and the handle of the Broad Street pump. 1–5 Snow's 1855 book, On The Mode Of Communication Of Cholera, 6 is indeed a beautiful demonstration of 'the epidemiological imagination' 7 in action, and continues...