Cameron D, Jones I G
Int J Epidemiol. 1983 Dec;12(4):393-6. doi: 10.1093/ije/12.4.393.
John Snow was a genius in epidemiology. His achievement was to evolve an elegant, internally and externally consistent theory which concerned the mechanisms and processes involved in every aspect of the subject he had chosen to study. In order to do this he did not restrict himself to any method. He used all skills available to himself and his colleagues. He published his theory, and practical suggestions for the prevention of cholera arising out it, both internally in medical meetings and to the medical press, and to the public in the form of pamphlets and in reports addressed to the appropriate authority. This surely should be the objective of all epidemiological work.
约翰·斯诺是流行病学领域的天才。他的成就是提出了一个精妙的、内在和外在都一致的理论，该理论涉及他所选择研究的主题各个方面的机制和过程。为了做到这一点，他没有局限于任何一种方法。他运用了自己和同事们所能掌握的所有技能。他发表了自己的理论以及基于该理论提出的预防霍乱的实用建议，这些内容既在医学会议上内部发表，也通过医学报刊对外发表，还以小册子的形式以及向相关当局提交的报告的形式向公众发布。这无疑应该是所有流行病学工作的目标。
