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John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology and early germ theory, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho, which he identified as a particular public water pump. Snow's findings inspired fundamental changes in the water and waste systems of London, which led to similar changes in other cities, and a significant improvement in general public health around the world. Early life and education Snow was born on 15 March 1813 in York, England, the first of nine children born to William and Frances Snow in their North Street home, and was baptised at All Saints' Church, North Street, York. His father was a labourer who worked at a local coal yard, by the Ouse, constantly replenished from the Yorkshire coalfield by barges, but later was a farmer in a small village to the north of York. The neighbourhood was one of the poorest in the city, and was frequently in danger of flooding because of its proximity to the River Ouse. Growing up, Snow experienced unsanitary conditions and contamination in his hometown. Most of the streets were unsanitary and the river was contaminated by runoff water from market squares, cemeteries and sewage. From a young age, Snow demonstrated an aptitude for mathematics. In 1827, when he was 14, he obtained a medical apprenticeship with William Hardcastle in the area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1832, during his time as a surgeon-apothecary apprentice, he encountered a cholera epidemic for the first time in Killingworth, a coal-mining village. Snow treated many victims of the disease and thus gained experience. Eventually he adjusted to teetotalism and led a life characterized by abstinence, signing an abstinence pledge in 1835. Snow was also a vegetarian and tried to only drink distilled water that was "pure". Between 1832 and 1835 Snow worked as an assistant to a colliery surgeon, first in Burnopfield, County Durham, and then in Pateley Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire. In October 1836 he enrolled at the Hunterian school of medicine on Great Windmill Street, London. Career In the 1830s, Snow's colleague at the Newcastle Infirmary was surgeon Thomas Michael Greenhow. The surgeons worked together conducting research on England's cholera epidemics, both continuing to do so for many years. In 1837, Snow began working at the Westminster Hospital. Admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 2 May 1838, he graduated from the University of London in December 1844 and was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1850. Snow was a founding member of the Epidemiological Society of London which was formed in May 1850 in response to the cholera outbreak of 1849. By 1856, Snow and Greenhow's nephew, Dr. E.H. Greenhow were some of a handful of esteemed medical men of the society who held discussions on this "dreadful scourge, the cholera". After finishing his medical studies in the University of London, he earned his MD in 1844. Snow set up his practice at 54 Frith Street in Soho as a surgeon and general practitioner. John Snow contributed to a wide range of medical concerns including anaesthesiology. He was a member of the Westminster Medical Society, an organisation dedicated to clinical and scientific demonstrations. Snow gained prestige and recognition all the while being able to experiment and pursue many of his scientific ideas. He was a speaker multiple times at the society's meetings and he also wrote and published articles. He was especially interested in patients with respiratory diseases and tested his hypothesis through animal studies. In 1841, he wrote, On Asphyxiation, and on the Resuscitation of Still-Born Children, which is an article that discusses his discoveries on the physiology of neonatal respiration, oxygen consumption and the effects of body temperature change. In 1857, Snow made an early and often overlooked contribution to epidemiology in a pamphlet, On the adulteration of bread as a cause of rickets. Anaesthesia Snow's interest in anaesthesia and breathing was evident from 1841 and beginning in 1843, he experimented with ether to see its effects on respiration. Only a year after ether was introduced to Britain, in 1847, he published a short work titled, On the Inhalation of the Vapor of Ether, which served as a guide for its use. At the same time, he worked on various papers that reported his clinical experience with anaesthesia, noting reactions, procedures and experiments. Within two years of ether being introduced, Snow was the most accomplished anaesthetist in Britain. London's principal surgeons suddenly wanted his assistance. As well as ether, John Snow studied chloroform, which was introduced in 1847 by James Young Simpson, a Scottish obstetrician. He realised that chloroform was much more potent and required more attention and precision when administering it. Snow first realised this with Hannah Greener, a 15-year-old patient who died on 28 January 1848 after a surgical procedure that required the cutting of her toenail. She was administered chloroform by covering her face with a cloth dipped in the substance. However, she quickly lost pulse and died. After investigating her death and a couple of deaths that followed, he realized that chloroform had to be administered carefully and published his findings in a letter to The Lancet. John Snow was one of the first physicians to study and calculate dosages for the use of ether and chloroform as surgical anaesthetics, allowing patients to undergo surgical and obstetric procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. He designed the apparatus to safely administer ether to the patients and also designed a mask to administer chloroform. Snow published an article on ether in 1847 entitled On the Inhalation of the Vapor of Ether. A longer version entitled On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics and Their Action and Administration was published posthumously in 1858. Although he thoroughly worked with ether as an anaesthetic, he never attempted to patent it; instead, he continued to work and publish written works on his observations and research. Obstetric anaesthesia Snow's work and findings were related to both anaesthesia and the practice of childbirth. His experience with obstetric patients was extensive and used different substances including ether, amylene and chloroform to treat his patients. However, chloroform was the easiest drug to administer. He treated 77 obstetric patients with chloroform. He would apply the chloroform at the second stage of labour and controlled the amount without completely putting the patients to sleep. Once the patient was delivering the baby, they would only feel the first half of the contraction and be on the border of unconsciousness, but not fully there. Regarding administration of the anaest.... Discover the John Snow popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Snow books.
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The Language of Dying
Sarah PinboroughFrom the Number One bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES comes a beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking story, filled with exquisite truths.'A beautiful story, honestly told' Neil G...
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The Kill Jar
J. Reuben AppelmanNow the subject of the Discovery+ series Children of the Snow, a cold case murder investigation is cracked open by “a powerful, confident voice in the new true crime memoir genre” ...
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No Way Back
M. J. ArlidgeA treat for fans of DI Helen Grace: an ebook short story from Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author M. J. Arlidge.Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only fiftee...
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Into the Wild
Jon KrakauerNATIONAL BESTSELLER In April 1992 a young man from a welltodo family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomp...
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The Man in the Snow
Rory ClementsA riveting novella set in Elizabethan Englandperfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and The Tudors.Just a few days before Christmas, a reluctant John Shakespearebrother of a rising playw...
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The Air Ministry Survival Guide
Penguin Books LtdTHE ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE for anyone who thinks they'd survive the world's most hostile environments or at least imagine they could do.First issued to British airmen in the 1950...
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The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest HemingwayThe fourth in the series of new annotated editions of Ernest Hemingway’s work, edited by the author’s grandson Seán and introduced by his son Patrick, this “illuminating” (The Wash...
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Inferno
Dante & Robin KirkpatrickDiscover Dante's original Inferno in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation. Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld ...
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A Home Among the Snow Gums
Stella QuinnThe road to love is a rutted dirt track for the other vet from Snowy River ... An unmissable, funny, feelgood romance from the author of The Vet From Snowy River, Stella Quinn.Hann...
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A Volcano Beneath the Snow
Albert MarrinJohn Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism." Some have said that it was his seizure of th...
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CROWNED
Kahran Bethencourt & Regis BethencourtNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty, comes CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspo...
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Exit Stage Left
Nick DuerdenA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK 'Incredibl...
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The High Sierra
Kim Stanley RobinsonA “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Rob...
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Table of Contents
John McPheeFirst published in book form 1985, Table of Contents is a collection of eight pieces written by John McPhee between 1981 and 1984. Geographically and thematically, they range from ...
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Statesmanship
Various AuthorsNo British periodical or weekly magazine has a richer and more distinguished archive than The New Statesman, which has long been at the centre of British political and cultural lif...
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Art in the Blood
Bonnie MacBirdLondon. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – u...
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Death on the Operating Table
D P ShawA motiveless crime, a young mother is murdered in a child’s playground. A virologist dies while having a heart valve replaced. A student nurse observing in the operat...
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The Edge of Nowhere
William W. Johnstone & J.A. JohnstoneNationally bestselling western authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone reunite no there’s nothing like a Christmas showdown in Texas. Johnstone Country. Where Miracles Need Bullets.I...
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Rescuing Ruby
Nicola BakerThe second book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and The S...
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Cold Black
Alex ShawAidan Snow is back with a mission that is bigger than ever. Now an MI6 operative, Snow must locate and rescue an old SAS colleague before an AlQaeda splinter cell can carry out act...
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The Snow Ball
Brigid BrophyWhen Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a NYE masquerade ball, a dance of seduction begins.'So original and refreshing.' Hilary Mantel'Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, se...
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John Snow
Jack ChallonerJohn Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera ...
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Hope Island
Tim MajorA gripping supernatural mystery for fans of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos from the author of Snakeskins.Workaholic TV news producer Nina Scaife is determined to fight for her ...
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The Ghost Map
Steven JohnsonA National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life “By turns a medical...
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The Book of Evidence
John BanvilleMAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST From the Booker Prize winner of The Sea comes “an astonishing, disturbing little novel that might have been coughed up from hell" (The New York Time...
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Milking Time
Rachael TreasureThe gorgeously funny, uplifting and entertaining new novel from Rachael Treasure,.author of the iconic, bestselling and muchloved novels of Australian rural life, including Jillaro...
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The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest HemingwayThe definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938.Ernest Hemingway is a cultural iconan archetype of rugge...
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Within Plain Sight
Bruce Robert CoffinMaine Sunday Telegram #1 Bestseller Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Winner of the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion for Best InvestigatorThe latest gripp...
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In Re Marriage of Vera Snow and John James Connolly. Vera Snow Connolly
Colorado Supreme CourtThis case involves a contested marital dissolution proceeding in which, after trial, corporate stock conceded to be community property was awarded to husband, a director of the cor...
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Rising from the Plains
John McPheePulitzer Prizewinning author John McPhee continues his Annals of the Former World series about the geology of North America along the fortieth parallel with Rising from the Plains....
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Snow in Love
Aimee Friedman, Melissa de la Cruz, Kasie West & Nic StonePerfect for fans of Let It Snow, this irresistible collection of wintry love stories is guaranteed to bring on the warm fuzzies.What's better than one deliciously cozy, swoonworthy...
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Finding Hope
Nicola BakerThe first book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales. Perfect for readers 8+ and fans of Jacqueline Wilson,...
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The Second John McPhee Reader
John McPheeThis second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nat...
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The Deluge
Stephen MarkleyA New York Times Notable Book “This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.” Stephen KingFrom the bestselli...
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Treasures of the Snow
Patricia St. JohnA story of vicious revenge and hard repentanceAnnette and Lucien are enemies. After Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the mo...
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A Cold Season
Alison LittlewoodHow far would you go to save your child? A nailbiting thriller, 'perfect reading for a dark winter's night' (Richard and Judy).Cass's husband is missing, presumed dead in Afghanist...
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Snakeskins
Tim MajorA timely sciencefiction thriller examining the repercussions of rejuvenation and cloning on individuals' sense of identity and on wider society.Caitlin Hext's first shedding ceremo...
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Mercy Among the Children
David Adams RichardsAt the age of twelve, Sidney Henderson, in a moment of anger, pushes his friend Connie Devlin off the roof of a local church. Looking down on Connie’s motionless body, Sidney belie...
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Selected Tales
The Brothers Grimm & David LukeSelected Tales contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, translated with an introduction by David Luke in Penguin Clas...
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Dilettantes and Heartless Manipulators
Nate WaggonerA novel about an aspiring rapper, an escape from a cult, and a love triangle.
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Voices Carry
Mariah StewartFeaturing two fascinating characters from her acclaimed bestseller BrownEyed Girl, Mariah Stewart delivers a pageturner of passion and suspense that brings the dangerous past of FB...