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Discovery of Cholera Cure

Great Britain · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1854Date range
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1854

John Snow1854

Soho · Science / Medicine

Removes a pump from Soho & reduces cholera, reinforces theory cholera is in water

Names involved

John Snow

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