John Snow was a British physician of the Victorian era who helped introduce the use of anesthesia in surgery; he also attempted to show, in 1854, that cholera was a water-borne disease. His careful mapping of the distribution of cholera cases in London...

1813-1858 English Physician, Epidemiologist and Anesthetist John Snow correctly concluded that cholera was transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water. Snow came to this conclusion by conducting several epidemiological studies in London,...

In 1854, John Snow was a well-regarded London anesthesiologist, tending to Queen Victoria, among others. He was born in 1813 of humble stock, but through education and intellectual perseverance—he obtained his M.D. degree in 1844—was able...

John Snow (16 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera...

Though a player in Washington since the Ford administration, John W. Snow moved to the top of the current administration's hardly secret search for a new treasury secretary in July with the TV appearance in which he praised a speech President Bush had just...

Two University of Massachusetts Medical Center doctors, after studying a spate of snow blower finger-slicing casualties, are urging a makeover for the machines. "Snow blowers are dangerous machines," wrote Richard Aghababian, chairman of emergency medicine at the medical center, and his colleague David...

Congress has moved a step closer to placing a one-year moratorium on Pentagon competitions to outsource military hospital work to private companies. The provision was included in a bill approved 59-0 late Tuesday by the House Armed Services Committee and expected to be considered by...

U.S. and Chinese officials plan to meet Monday to discuss ways to improve economic ties that have been strained by a soaring trade gap and Bush administration penalties against Beijing.The Treasury Department said the countries would hold a daylong meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Economic...