John Snow, Asiatic Cholera and the inductive-deductive method

Lecture 10: Confronting objections to Snow’s theory

Last week we discussed Snow’s investigation of local outbreaks in South London.  In today’s post, we will discuss the contemporary objections to Snow’s theory and how he dealt with them. On Thursday, we will start on the famous Broad Street outbreak.

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