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Who was significantly influenced by John Snow's work?

  • Florence Nightingale

  • Albert Einstein

  • Marie Curie

  • Alexander Graham Bell

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Florence Nightingale was significantly influenced by John Snow's work. She read Snow's book, "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera," and was impressed by his use of statistics and maps to show how cholera spread through water. Nightingale used Snow's methods in her own work on sanitation, and she also campaigned for better sanitation in hospitals and military camps.
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