NettetJohn Snow, William Farr and the 1849 outbreak of cholera that affected London: a reworking of the data highlights the importance of the water supply The science of … NettetWilliam Farr. Fue un epidemiólogo británico y principal propulsor de las estadísticas en la medicina inglesa durante el siglo XIX . Un médico cualificado, que fue capaz de …
John Snow, William Farr and the 1849 outbreak of cholera that …
NettetJohn Snow; William Farr; Cholera; Logistic regression Summary Objectives. This paper examines why Snow’s contention that cholera was principally spread by water was not accepted in the 1850s by the medical elite. The consequence of rejection was that hundreds in the UK continued to die. Methods. NettetQuem, no entanto, mais se destacou entre os pioneiros da epidemiologia foi o anestesiologista inglês John Snow, contemporâneo de William Farr. Sua contribuição está sintetizada no ensaio Sobre a Maneira de Transmissão da Cólera, publicado em 1855, em que apresenta memorável estudo a respeito de duas epidemias de cólera … c# string title case
The changing assessments of John Snow
There was a major outbreak of cholera in London in 1849 which killed around 15,000 people. Early industrialisation had made London the most populous city in the world at the time, and the River Thames was heavily polluted with untreated sewage. Farr subscribed to the conventional theory that cholera was carried by polluted air rather than water – the miasmic theory. In addition, through his analysis of several variables and their association with death from cholera, Farr held the beli… Nettet1. nov. 2006 · William Farr, rightly considered as one of the founders of epidemiology, had analysed the same data on the 1849 cholera deaths in 1852 and. References (17) P. Bingham et al. John Snow, William Farr and the 1849 outbreak of cholera that affected London: a reworking of the data highlights the importance of the water supply. Public … NettetThe changing assessments of John Snow's and William Farr's cholera studies. This article describes the epidemiological studies of cholera by two major British … c# string timestamp