john snow and cholera

What Was Cholera?

Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. During Snow's time, the prevailing theory was that cholera was a result of "miasma" or bad air.

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