New York in the early part of the 20th century was struck by a typhoid epidemic. An investigator managed to track down the unlikely cause, a 37-year-old cook named Mary Mallon. Although would go on to earn a nickname that’s become infamous, Typhoid Mary.

 

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-frightening-legacy-of-typhoid-mary-180954324/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/10/30/360120406/awful-moments-in-quarantine-history-remember-typhoid-mary

 

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