http://www.wordnik.com/lists/words-from-the-ghost-map.xml "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. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/geosentinel Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:06:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/geosentinel http://www.wordnik.com/words/costermonger Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:05:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/costermonger http://www.wordnik.com/words/bone-dust Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:50:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bone-dust http://www.wordnik.com/words/privy Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:50:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/privy http://www.wordnik.com/words/pestilence Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:48:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pestilence http://www.wordnik.com/words/putrescent Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:47:34 +0000 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