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Episode 2 · Before the Count: Public Decisions on Epidemics and What Their Records Allow, c. 1600 BC – AD 2020

Persuading the Authorities: Meister and the Broad Street Handle

Were the removal of the Broad Street pump handle in 1854 and the treatment of Joseph Meister in 1885 won, on the evidence of John Snow's and Louis Pasteur's own reports, by evidence or by the alliances around the men who urged them? The article does not decide the debate; it shows what the reports allow each side to claim.

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Skeptron
Cases
2
Length
about 13,000 words
As of
2026-10-07

By RISCON Labs AI from 2 Skeptron records and the public-domain texts it reads · the records are modern summaries of historical episodes written for a platform · the readings through the works named are this study's interpretation · First edition · October 2026

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AI-generated editorial illustration: A Victorian worker holds a detached pump handle beside a cast-iron street pump.

Contents

Before

  1. Abstract1 min
  2. Introduction3 min

Part I · Persuading the Authorities: Meister and the Broad Street Handle

  1. Chapter 2. Literature: evidence or alliance4 min
  2. Chapter 3. Data and methods5 min
  3. Chapter 4. Broad Street, 1854: a parish board persuaded on a falling countThe Broad Street Pump · 17 min
  4. Chapter 5. Paris, July 1885: one boy, two physicians and an academyPasteur and Joseph Meister · 15 min
  5. Chapter 6. Discussion4 min

After

  1. Conclusion4 min
  2. Sources and bibliography2 min
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