Infographic of Broad Street Pump Cholera Epidemic

The Broad Street Pump is an excellent lesson to introduce the scientific ideological changes that began to form in the scientific and medical communities in Europe during the transition from the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolutionary periods.  The examine the differences in scientific opinion concerning the causes and spreading of Cholera in the Broad Street area of the Soho district of London and the impact of the findings.

Below are some excellent resources for teachers, students, or anyone interested in the cholera epidemic.

Credits, E. (2015, November 14). England: The Broad Street Pump - I: You Know Nothing, John Snow - Extra History. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpzHHbFrHY

Credits, E. (2015, November 21). England: The Broad Street Pump - II: Epidemiology Begins! - Extra History. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlsyucUwpo&t=23s

Credits, E. (2015, November 28). England: The Broad Street Pump - III: Map of the Blue Death - Extra History. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVT6iZP2qg&t=17s

Credits, E. (2015, December 05). The Sanitary Movement - A John Snow Epilogue - Extra History. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cba7di0eL8I&t=52s

Johnson, S. (2006). The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. New York: Riverhead Books.