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What was John Snow’s dad’s occupation?

Coal yard worker

Wood yard worker

Metal yard worker

Where, and in what year, was John Snow born?

London, 1813

York, 1813

Manchester, 1813

As a youth, John Snow’s mind is described as ‘…inquisitive’. What does inquisitive mean?

Someone who likes quizzes

Someone who likes to build things

Someone who likes finding out about things

How was John Snow able to go to school?

A new school opened near to where he lived

He was given an apprenticeship

His mother paid

How old was John Snow when he was apprenticed to a doctor in Newcastle?

What disease did John Snow first come across in Newcastle?

Influenza (flu)

Tuberculosis

Cholera

Where did cholera originate?

Europe

Africa

Russia

What are the symptoms of cholera?

Runny nose, sneezing and stomach ache

Sore throat, vomiting and diarrhoea

Stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea

If you have cholera, what can the body eventually no longer form to keep itself alive?

Plasma

Blood

Fluid

What two things does excessive diarrhoea cause your body to lose?

Water and poo

Water and sodium

Water and glucose

What did John Snow do in 1836?

Moved to London to begin his formal medical training

Moved to London to continue his cholera research

Moved to London to apprentice with other doctors

What did John Snow begin to study in London?

Analgesics

Anaesthetic

Analytics

After cholera returned to London in 1848, what did John Snow do to get proof for his hypothesis (theory)?

Interviewed patients and physicians (doctors)

Interviewed patients and their families

Interviewed patients and their friends

Why did John Snow think that the cholera disease was ingested (swallowed)?

Pain started in the intestines

Pain started in the throat

Pain started in the lungs

John proved his hypothesis, published his findings and shared them. Was he believed?

Yes

Some people believed him

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