Change med treatment + understanding cause illness 1848-1875

• 1848

  • Cholera epidemic
• 1854

  • Cholera outbreak.
  • John Snow mapped out the deaths in Soho.
  • He found that most used the same water pump.
  • John Snow stopped people using it.
  • Cholera deaths fell.
  • But people still believed in Miasma.
• 1861

  • Pasteur published Germ Theory - germs cause of disease.
  • Proving the link led to cleaner conditions.
  • Proving the link lead to more money spent on public health.
  • Led to Lister using antiseptics, which led to less infection and fewer deaths.