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To explain: What could be the reason that John Snow interpreted as cholera was spread from “miasmas” in bad air.
Introduction: Epidemiology deals with the occurrence, distribution, and control of disease. John Snow is regarded as the father of the modern epidemiology. Cholera is an epidemic disease caused by vibrio cholerae bacteria. It caused the outbreak in London in 1854 that killed more than 600 victims.
To explain: What could be the reason that most of the scientist remained skeptical for so long.
Introduction: Epidemiology deals with the occurrence, distribution, and control of disease. John Snow is regarded as the father of the modern epidemiology. Cholera is an epidemic disease caused by vibrio cholerae bacteria. It caused the outbreak in London in 1854 that killed more than 600 victims.
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