John Snow (physician)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of John Snow (physician).

British physician who is considered to be one of the founders of epidemiology for his work identifying the source of a cholera outbreak in 1854. Apart from that he was also one of the pioneers of anaesthesia and medical hygiene.