William Farr Dialectical Journal

One new thing I learned after reading this chapter is that William Farr was actually very close in also determining the cause of the cholera outbreak. To my knowledge, as it was taught to me, John Snow was the father of epidemiology and he solved the cholera case. As this is true, William Farr was never regarded while being taught the basics of epidemiology.

One thing I found interesting while reading this chapter was the quote in regards to building a playground at the edge of Toms River Chemical's property. "One of the board members, a physician, had objected—“We don’t know what’s back there,” he had warned—but was outvoted." I found it interesting how no one listened to a physician. Physicians typically hold some type of weight and generally