Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, 405987King's College, London, UK.
J Med Biogr. 2023 Feb;31(1):47-50. doi: 10.1177/09677720211013807. Epub 2021 May 7.
John Snow was an English physician and a founding father of epidemiology, whose name is inextricably linked with tracing the source of the 1854 cholera outbreak in Soho, which killed over 600 people. Despite his recommendation to remove the water pump handle and thus reduce the spread of cholera, his theory of faecal-oral transmission was not widely believed until after his death. Furthermore, he also pioneered substantial achievements in the development of anaesthesia. He studied both chloroform and ether, improving the accuracy of their delivery. In his obstetric practice, he achieved the feat of obtaining satisfactory analgesia with a safer technique and is remembered for administering chloroform to Queen Victoria, during the delivery of her last two children. There are several interesting and unusual memorials to Snow, ranging from replica water pumps, blue plaques and a public house named after him. The most recent new memorial was erected in 2017, in his home town of York, which commemorates his origins and his subsequent contribution to curbing the cholera outbreak. All the memorials commemorate his achievements, which remain relevant today. Public health and epidemiology expertise is required in the current world of the COVID-19 pandemic, where his legacy remains as important as ever.
约翰·斯诺是一位英国医生，也是流行病学的奠基人之一，他的名字与追溯 1854 年索霍霍乱爆发源头紧密相连，这场爆发导致超过 600 人死亡。尽管他建议拆除水泵把手以减少霍乱传播，但他的粪口传播理论直到他去世后才被广泛接受。此外，他还在麻醉发展方面取得了开创性的成就。他研究了氯仿和乙醚，并提高了它们的输送精度。在他的产科实践中，他使用更安全的技术实现了令人满意的镇痛效果，并因在为维多利亚女王接生她的最后两个孩子时使用氯仿而被铭记。有几个有趣而不寻常的斯诺纪念物，包括复制品水泵、蓝色牌匾和以他的名字命名的酒吧。最近的一个新纪念碑于 2017 年在他的家乡约克竖立，纪念他的出身和他后来在遏制霍乱爆发方面的贡献。所有的纪念碑都纪念他的成就，这些成就至今仍然具有重要意义。在当前 COVID-19 大流行的世界中，需要公共卫生和流行病学专业知识，他的遗产仍然像以往一样重要。
