Professor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow
Cholera
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- a man who either played a central role in the history of epidemiology, or was just one of many trying to tackle that century's foremost threat; cholera. Peter discusses Snow's role, water pump handles, and how we may very well still be experiencing this devastating pandemic today.
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