JohnSnowwasbornandworkedasa__36__inGreatBritain.Exactlyhewasananaesthetist,37 meansthatheputpeopletosleepduringoperation.Healsobegantoexperimentusingthesamedrugstohelpwomenwhentheyhad 38 .Thatiswhyhebecamethedoctorwho 39 Queenvictoriatogivethebirthofherbabies.
Atthetimehelived,cholerawasthemost 40disease.Neitheritscause,norits 41 wasunderstood.Somanythousandsofpeopledied 42 therewasanoutbreak.JohnSnowwas 43tohelpordinarypeople 44 fromcholera.He 45 thediseasebeganinthestomachandthepatientsdiedquicklyafterseverevomiting(呕吐)anddiarrhea(腹泄).46 ,hebelievedcholeraresultedfromwater.Whenanother 47 hitLondonin1854,JohnSnowsettowork.
JohnSnowapproachedtheprobleminasystematicway.Hemarkedonamap 48 allthedeadpeoplehadlivedandfoundmanyofthe 49 werenearawaterpump.Itseemedthewaterwasthe 50 .Sohecollectedinformationaboutthe 51habitsofthedeadpeopleandusedthemeventuallytoprovehistheory.Withtheinformation 52 ,JohnSnowwassure that 53 waterwasthecause.
Thenpeoplewererequiredto54 thewatercompanytosupplythemwithcleanwater.Thanks__55___JohnSnowtherewasnomoreoutbreaksofcholera.