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I thoroughly enjoyed The Ghost Map and I strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in medicine, infectious disease, history, or urbanization. In fact, it has excellent pacing and makes for an interesting "whodunnit" mystery-esque read even if those particular areas do not pique your interest. I had read about John Snow and the Broad Street pump before (in various epidemiology and community health textbooks) but Johnson's book provided a truly engaging and fascinating look into this seminal historical event that kept me turning the pages. Johnson introduces a number of very interesting characters central to the cholera outbreak and investigation and seamlessly takes the reader… Read more
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