


He helps as John works painstakingly to find the source of the cholera, in the face of widespread opposition to his ideas. However, his efforts to help clear an innocent man are overshadowed as a deadly cholera epidemic sweeps through the streets of Soho, causing painful ghosts from his childhood to resurface. As London struggles with a heat wave, he finds himself drawn into the investigation as he becomes acquainted with the family of the man accused of the murder. After a night out with his friend, anaesthetist John Snow, he is called upon to conduct the autopsy of a man found in a cesspit on Broad Street.

The Doctor of Broad Street follows Frank Roberts, a doctor working with the poor in the squalor of Victorian London. With little effective treatment, it was only prevention that offered any real hope. Book excerpt: “As I set off for home to get my bag, I could not help my gut clenching in fear at the prospect of the cholera returning to our shores.” The Doctor of Broad Street tells the story of one man’s work to discover the cause of an epidemic, in an age when there was very limited knowledge, medicines and technology in comparison to today. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. Book Synopsis The Doctor of Broad Street by : Katherine Tansleyĭownload or read book The Doctor of Broad Street written by Katherine Tansley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd.
