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by finding the famous Broad Street pump--
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that the people who drank the water from that particular pump
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were the ones who fell ill and took the disease back to their homes.
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Snow did a good job of establishing
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that cholera then was ingested in water, primarily;
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although it was also demonstrated later that shellfish and vegetables--
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that is food--contaminated with fecal matter can also play a role.
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This was--that's John Snow--
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and this is the famous Broad Street pump
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that made such an important moment
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in the history of medical science and epidemiology.
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Though it's important to remember that--