John Snow

15/03/2024

John is 211 years old today and thankful not to have been replaced by AI 🤖

15/03/2023

John is 210 young today 🎉😁 and thankful for all the friends he's made. 🕊 Peace and love to you all 💚. 🎊

“Join us today to mark the birthday of Dr John Snow MD. Tweet a graphic of your work eg a map, graph, pic; and (members) a shot of your JSS mug. We'll retweet all messages! Hashtags to use or 🎊”

16/02/2023

Interesting new 2-part film about the Great Stick of 1858 😤 https://tv24.co.uk/b/rq6yc0-d8l

15/03/2020

15/03/2020

15/03/2020

On my 207th birthday, I will be praying for the good women and men on the public health frontline who are helping the world get through this pandemic.

Your expertise, skill and selfless work is needed more than ever.

30/12/2017

Interesting video suggesting that the London underground may have had a key role in preventing disease outbreaks in the victorian city in conjunction with improvements to sewage disposal and water supplies pioneered by the victorian engineers and epidemiologists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA9g7fDWnok&t=459s

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05/04/2017

Interesting recent article from in the Centre for History in Public Health about why the stories of famous scientists catch hold & the purpose they serve http://placingthepublic.lshtm.ac.uk/2017/03/16/the-myth-of-john-snow-and-the-long-shadow-of-nineteenth-century-public-health/

28/01/2016

Interesting animation showing the problems of pollution in a tidal river https://vimeo.com/96067649

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27/03/2015

https://twitter.com/LSHTMhistory/status/575274253064519680?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=LSHTMhistory&utm_content=575274253064519680

“It's moved! What's happened to the John Snow Memorial Pump. http://t.co/crDpq0A3Kb ”

23/10/2014

There's an interesting review of films inspired by Dr John Snow on either Cholera or Anaesthesia, in the latest Centre for History in Public Health Newsletterhttp://history.lshtm.ac.uk/files/2014/10/HistoryCentreNewsletter-102014.pdf

15/03/2013

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/03/happy-200th-birthday-mapmaker-who-changed-world/4997/

John Snow mapped out cases of cholera during an infamous 1854 outbreak in London.