CHOLERA

Johnson, Steven - The Ghost Map - Riverhead publishers   
Science fiction on history of cholera based on theory that cholera is a water-borne illness.

Leejj, Arthur -- http://www.arthurleej.com/Violet.pdff-- FARADISMM--
"In 1841, Bird wrote a report on the value of electricity in the treatment of disease. Nearly all cases of cholera were helped.""