'The Ghost Map By Steven Johnson - Books - Review'. But for the reader prepared to put the book down at page 217, Steven Johnson has written a comprehensive, diversely sourced and insightful blockbuster account of a cholera outbreak in Victorian London.' Reviews A review posted in the International Journal of Epidemiology was largely favorable, stating that 'the single weakness of this book is a bewildering final section which attempts to apply John Snow's work to a long list of contemporary problems.

The New York Times reviewed The Ghost Map, stating that there was 'a great story here'. Around the mid-1850s Snow figured out the source of cholera contamination to be the drinking water from the Broad Street pump. John Snow was a revered anesthetist who carried out epidemiological work in Soho, London. The two central figures are physician John Snow, who created a map of the cholera cases, and the Reverend Henry Whitehead, whose extensive knowledge of the local community helped determine the initial cause of the outbreak. The work covers the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak. Snow didn't just solve the most pressing medical riddle of his time. It was released on 19 October 2006 through Riverhead. This is a story with four protagonists: a deadly bacterium, a vast city, and two gifted but very different men. With enthralling suspense, Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts, as he risks his own life to prove how the epidemic is being spread.When he creates the map that traces the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World is a book by Steven Berlin Johnson in which he describes the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London and centers on John Snow and Henry Whitehead. In The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson uses two men’s maps to show the connection of rban society, the genesis of an epidemic, and the events leading up to the discovery of the source of cholera.

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson