Snow lived near there, heard about the outbreak, and in this amazing act of courage went directly into the belly of the beast because he thought an outbreak that concentrated could actually potentially end up convincing people that, in fact, the real menace of cholera was in the water supply and not in the air.
Snovs dzīvoja netālu, padzirdējis par uzliesmojumu, izrādīja apbrīnojamo drosmi, dodoties tieši nezvēram rīklē, jo viņš saprata, ka tik koncentrēts uzliesmojums varētu beidzot galu galā pārliecināt cilvēkus, ka patiesībā, reālos holēras draudus rada ūdens apgāde, nevis gaiss.