num_pages: 306
description: NEW COPY AS ISSUED. Dust jacket in protective sleeve. HB. First Edition (London). Pp.viii,306. Granta Books. London, 2006. The story of Dr. John Snow who despite being ignored and dismissed by his collegues uncovered the cause behind the cholera pandemic and laid down the basis of present day medical investigative proceedures and the basis of the science of epidemiology.
language: English
title: The Medical Detective
titlecomplete: The Medical Detective
genres: Historical, Medical, History, Biography, Science, 19th Century, Health, Disease, Medicine, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 578
publisher: Granta Books