Multimedia University Cholera Outbreak in London Discussion Questions

1) Dr. John Snow was a pioneer in applying the Scientific Method to the study of disease inpopulations establishing the foundations of the study of Epidemiology. His seminal work
was conducted studying cholera outbreaks in London in the mid-19th Century.
a. What were Dr. Snow’s key observations during the 1831 Cholera outbreak in the
mining community. Specifically discuss the geographic pattern of disease. Did his
observations support the prevailing theory that a miasma (foul odors) spread
cholera? What did he hypothesize instead?
b. After studying the first cholera outbreak in London, Dr. Snow had 3 key
observations on Cholera outbreaks. What were these three observations, and
how did each contribute to his new hypothesis for the transmission of cholera?
c. How did Dr. Snow test his theory in the Grand Experiment (1854) and what were
his findings?
d. What public health actions (s) did Dr. Snow advocate for the Broad Street
Epidemic?
Additional resources:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/fatherofepidemiology.html
http://johnsnowbicentenary.Ishtm.ac.uk/about-john-snow/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic figures/snow john.shtml

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