History of Health

This episode we continue the story of IV injections, the doctor who pioneered the treatment, and those who stood in his way. 

In this episode we'll discuss what cholera treatment looked like during the lifetime of Dr. John Snow. Then we'll discuss two doctors who created a treatment that seemed to bring people back from the dead.

In this episode we discuss London's water system and how it contributed to the epidemic of 1848-49. Then we look at two reviews of John Snow's groundbreaking paper, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera. Was it ignored or disparaged like many secondary sources say?

In this episode we talk about the cholera epidemic that rocked England in 1848-49. We cover its route to England, how the government and press reacted to the emergency, and how it led to Dr. John Snow's groundbreaking paper explaining how cholera caused disease and how it might be prevented.

In this episode we discuss the queen's impact on the adoption of chloroform. Then, we get into the devastating effects cholera has had around the world. We round out the episode with a compact biography of Edwin Chadwick and set the stage for John Snow's next groundbreaking document.  

This week we talk about John's massive impact on the field of anesthesiology and the ethical concerns anesthetics brought with them. We'll finish with a brief discussion of chlorophobia. Never heard of chlorophobia? Then you'd better listen to this one!

In this episode we follow Dr. John Snow through his early medical career and his clashes with the representatives of the status quo.

In this first episode we meet our main characters Dr. John Snow and cholera. We trace cholera's interwoven history with colonialism and then follow John Snow through his early medical career and his beginnings in London.

This episode introduces the podcast and its host, Connor Sexton.