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1、Language pointsJOHN SNOW DEFEATS“KING CHOLERA”JOHN SNOW DEFEATS“KING CHOLERA”John Snow John Snow was a famous doctor in Londonso was a famous doctor in Londonso expertexpert,indeed,that he attended Queen Victoria as her,indeed,that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal personal physicianphysici
2、an.But he became inspired when he.But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people thought about helping ordinary people exposed exposed toto cholera.cholera.This was the deadly disease of its day.Neither its cause This was the deadly disease of its day.Neither its cause nor itsn
3、or its cure cure was understood.So many thousands of was understood.So many thousands of terrifiedterrified people died every time there was an outbreak.people died every time there was an outbreak.John Snow wanted to face the John Snow wanted to face the challengechallenge and solve this and solve
4、this problem.He knew that cholera would never be controlled problem.He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.until its cause was found.He became interested in two theories that possibly He became interested in two theories that possibly explained how cholera killed pe
5、ople.The first suggested explained how cholera killed people.The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air.A cloud of dangerous gas that cholera multiplied in the air.A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its floated around until it found its victimsvictims.The second.The s
6、econd suggested that people suggested that people absorbed absorbed this disease into their this disease into their bodies with their meals.From the stomach the disease bodies with their meals.From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person quickly attacked the bo
7、dy and soon the affected person died.died.John Snow John Snow suspectedsuspected that the second theory was that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence.So when another outbreak correct but he needed evidence.So when another outbreak hit London in 1854,he was ready to begin his hit Lond
8、on in 1854,he was ready to begin his equiryequiry.As.As the disease spread quickly through poor the disease spread quickly through poor neihbourhoodsneihbourhoods,he began to gather information.In two particular streets,he began to gather information.In two particular streets,the cholera outbreak wa
9、s so the cholera outbreak was so severesevere that more than 500 that more than 500 people died in ten days.He was determined to find out people died in ten days.He was determined to find out why.why.First he marked on a map the exact places where all the First he marked on a map the exact places wh
10、ere all the dead people had lived.This gave him a valuable clue dead people had lived.This gave him a valuable clue about the cause of the disease.Many of the deaths were about the cause of the disease.Many of the deaths were near the water near the water pumppump in Broad Street(especially numbers
11、in Broad Street(especially numbers 16,37,38 and 40).He also noticed that some houses(such 16,37,38 and 40).He also noticed that some houses(such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street)as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street)had had no deaths.He had not had had no death
12、s.He had not foreseenforeseen this,so he made this,so he made further investigations.He discovered that these people further investigations.He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street.They had been worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street.They had been given free beer and
13、so had not drunk the water from the given free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pump.It seemed that the water was to pump.It seemed that the water was to blameblame.Next,John Snow looked into the source of the water for Next,John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two str
14、eets.He found that it came from the river these two streets.He found that it came from the river pollutedpolluted by the dirty water from London.He immediately by the dirty water from London.He immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street to remove the told the astonished people in Broad S
15、treet to remove the handlehandle from the pump so that it could not be used.Soon from the pump so that it could not be used.Soon afterwards the disease slowed down.He had shown that afterwards the disease slowed down.He had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas.cholera was
16、 spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas.In another part of London,he found supporting evidence In another part of London,he found supporting evidence from two other deaths that were linked to the Broad Street from two other deaths that were linked to the Broad Street outbreak.A woman,who had move
17、d away from Broad outbreak.A woman,who had moved away from Broad Street,liked the water from the pump so much that she had Street,liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day.Both she and her it delivered to her house every day.Both she and her daughter died
18、 of cholera after drinking the water.With this daughter died of cholera after drinking the water.With this extra evidence John Snow was able to extra evidence John Snow was able to announceannounce with with certainty that polluted water carried the germs.certainty that polluted water carried the ge
19、rms.To prevent this from happening again,John Snow To prevent this from happening again,John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies be suggested that the source of all the water supplies be examined.The water companies were instructed not to examined.The water companies were instru
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