John Lea (epidemiologist)

John Lea's map of cholera cases on or near Sycamore Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849.

John Lea (born 27 January 1782, died 3 June 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio[1]) was a lay epidemiologist most noted today for his contribution to understanding the water-borne nature of cholera.[2]

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  2. ^ Davey Smith, George. "If data could talk back: Anzia Yezierska, Paul de Kruif and thousands of pages of 'research'", International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford, January 2013. Retrieved on 09 September 2013.