Thursday, June 20, 2013

Fwd: Snow's Cholera map - Medical mapping's most famous map



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Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Subject: Snow's Cholera map - Medical mapping's most famous map
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Dear Mitch,

This newsletter is all about medical mapping!

Steven Johnson: A guided tour of the Ghost Map

Great ten-minute video about London's cholera outbreak in 1854 and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society


Ward Kaiser's forthcoming book i
ncludes John Snow's cholera map of deaths around the now infamous Broad Street pump. Read about both the myth, as well as the more nuanced, more layered, and less reverential, story about John Snow.
Kaiser's How Maps Change Things will be released in a paperback in July, 2013

 

Some assert that John Snow's "Cholera Map" may be medical mapping's most famous map. Snow's 200th birthday was celebrated in London (and elsewhere) by a number of remarkable activities. 

 

Cholera deaths
Read more about the Broad Street Pump map

To learn more check out these links:

 

John Snow's data journalism: the cholera map that changed the world  

 

To learn more about the work and legacy of John Snow listen to the podcast from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

 

Take a tour of the Exhibition: Cartographies of Life & Death:  

John Snow & Disease Mapping.

 

Learn more about the Broad Street Pump cholera outbreak HERE 

 

London Walking Tour: Cholera Crusher: John Snow Anniversary Walks

Read more about Snow's map (and the controversy around it) in
  
Stay tuned for our pre-publication special
to be announced in the next 2 weeks! 
Sincerely,
Bob Abramms
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