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Title: The Science of Epidemiology
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight)
Characters: Dr John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Summary: As more bodies pile up, Watson applies the science of epidemiology to the science of deduction
Warnings: (none)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 29th 2012 prompt: Illness
(Author has written on the H/C Illness theme previously and it can be found at This Link .)

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When Sherlock Holmes returned to Baker Street, he found his flatmate examining a map.

‘Watson, what are you doing?’

‘I’ve placed a mark for each of the murder victims on this onionskin. Perhaps I’ll recognise some sort of pattern when I lift it away from the underlying map.’

‘That’s ingenious!’

‘It’s not new. This was the method used successfully in 1854 to track the source of the cholera epidemic to a contaminated water pump on Broad Street.’

‘What a useful application for criminology. Have you found anything?’

‘Nothing stands out. Fortunately we have only eight deaths to consider, not hundreds.’

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