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

London, 1813

York, 1813

Manchester, 1813

What two historical events were happening in 1813?

Napoleon retreated from Russia; the British Industrial Revolution

Napoleon invaded France; British children no longer had to work

Napoleon retreated from the UK; British children started going to school

John Snow is described as a ‘… perspicacious youth’. What does the adjective ‘perspicacious’ mean?

Someone who notices, realises, and understands things quickly

Someone who thinks they know everything

Someone who knows nothing

What did John Snow’s mum use to send him to school?

Money from the sale of a cow

Money from a lottery win

Money from an inheritance

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

What did he first meet during this time?

Influenza (flu)

Tuberculosis

Cholera

How was cholera spread around the world?

Wind

Trade

Animals

How old was he when he first started treating dying patients?

Why would water temporarily make someone feel and look better?

Rehydrates the body

Washes the stomach

Cleans the internal organs

In what century was an effective treatment for cholera found?

19th

20th

21st

John Snow had a hypothesis about how cholera was being transmitted. What was it?

Transmitted through touch

Transmitted through air

Transmitted through water

John Snow revolutionised anaesthetic. What is anaesthetic?

A drug that soothes a sore throat

A drug that cures all aches and pains

A drug that causes loss of sensation and awareness

On what famous British Queen did John Snow anaesthetise twice?

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria

According to John Snow, how was cholera spread?

Contagion (humans)

Contagion (animals)

Contagion (plants)

Why did John Snow believe cholera was ingested?

Symptoms started in the stomach

Symptoms started in the throat

Symptoms started on the tongue

What did John Snow find was contaminating the water?

Faecal matter

Facial matter

Fairy matter

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