Question

In the essay "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera," what is the primary technique that author John Snow uses to support his claim that cholera spreads from person to person?

1) citing personal anecdotes
2)citing scientific evidence
3)describing people’s experience
4)citing hypothetical situations

Answer 1

John snow is the father of epidemiology, He used both reasoned argument and documentary evidence to show that cholera spreads from person to person. He conducted an experiment that soon proved to be correct. He used rows of houses on opposite sides to each other, everyone on one side caught the disease, and only one on the other side contracted it.

So it would be basically 2.) and 3.)

Answer 2

Answer: 2) citing scientific evidence.

John Snow was an English physician and one of the fathers of modern epidemiology. He was vital in discovering the method of communication of cholera, by tracing the source of an outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854. John Snow defended his claim with scientific evidence after ample research. His findings motivated changes in water and waste systems all over the world.