what kinds of solutions did the british try to resolve the cholera outbreak
1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak
Snow 's analysis of cholera and cholera outbreaks extended past the closure of the Broad Street pump . He concluded that cholera was transmitted through and affected the alimentary canal within the human body . Cholera did not affect either the circulatory or the nervous system and there was no `` poison in the blood ... in the consecutive fever ... the blood became poisoned from urea getting into the circulation '' . According to Snow , this `` urea '' would entered the blood through kidney failure . ( Acute renal failure is a complication of cholera . )
Snow 's analysis of cholera and cholera outbreaks extended past the closure of the Broad Street pump . He concluded that cholera was transmitted through and affected the alimentary canal within the human body . Cholera did not affect either the circulatory or the nervous system and there was no `` poison in the blood ... in the consecutive fever ... the blood became poisoned from urea getting into the circulation '' . According to Snow , this `` urea '' would entered the blood through kidney failure . ( Acute renal failure is a complication of cholera . )