Controlled Experiment: John Snow & Cholera
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for John Snow, "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera"

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  • What reasoning pattern or strategy (not just "instances") does Snow use to try to persuade his reader about the how cholera is contracted (esp. in 1853)? Identify 2 illustrative examples of this reasoning. Go to Discussion List
  • In what ways is Snow able to link the water companies to deaths by cholera in 1854? In what ways is he unsuccessful or partly ineffective?


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