Reading Guide
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.
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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