On the Mode of Communication of Cholera
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On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is John Snow’s landmark 19th-century medical treatise that provided crucial evidence for the waterborne transmission of cholera and helped lay the foundations of modern epidemiology.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12470505 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera Context triple: [John Snow, notableWork, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera]
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Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera
"Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera" is an 1854 scientific paper by Filippo Pacini in which he first described the cholera bacterium and linked it to the disease.
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B.
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
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C.
Traité des fièvres palustres
Traité des fièvres palustres is a seminal medical treatise on malarial fevers by French physician Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, reflecting his pioneering work on the parasitic cause of malaria.
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D.
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
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E.
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera Target entity description: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is John Snow’s landmark 19th-century medical treatise that provided crucial evidence for the waterborne transmission of cholera and helped lay the foundations of modern epidemiology.
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A.
Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera
"Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera" is an 1854 scientific paper by Filippo Pacini in which he first described the cholera bacterium and linked it to the disease.
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B.
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
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C.
Traité des fièvres palustres
Traité des fièvres palustres is a seminal medical treatise on malarial fevers by French physician Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, reflecting his pioneering work on the parasitic cause of malaria.
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D.
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
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E.
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
- F. None of above. chosen
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