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Words from "The Ghost Map"

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"The Ghost Map", by steven Johnson, is a fascinating account of the (successful) investigation by two men, John Snow and Henry Whitehead, into the means by which cholera is transmitted, following the particularly virulent outbreak in the Golden Square section of London in September 1854.
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pestilence   has been listed 18 times with 3 comments
putrescent   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
vapor   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments
emanation   has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
methane   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
sewage   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
sewer   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
mephitic   has been listed 27 times with 3 comments
miasma   has been listed 136 times with 9 comments
noisome   has been listed 44 times with 1 comment
noxious   has been listed 23 times with 4 comments
excrement   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
guano   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
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filth   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
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bonepicker   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
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death   has been listed 38 times with 3 comments
coma   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
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intervention   has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
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cesspool   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
cordon sanitaire   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
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