John Snow College is a college of the University of Durham in England, and one of two located at Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees, 23 miles (37 km) south of the city of Durham itself. The College takes its name from the nineteenth-century Yorkshire physician Dr John Snow, who is regarded by many as one of the greatest doctors and a world-leading pioneer in anaesthesia, epidemiology and public health.
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