[Perspectives] The singular science of John Snow

John Snow was a scientist of rare dedication, who published more than 100 contributions to the medical literature in a career entirely supported by clinical earnings and terminated by a lethal stroke when he was just 45 years old. The range of clinical and scientific topics covered by his research was wide, although he is most remembered for developing the scientific basis of anaesthesia practice and working out the epidemiology and preventability of cholera. Snow's science was singular in two senses: it was singularly creative and productive; and it reflected a singular, unified scientific approach to the problems he addressed.
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