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Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health
Typhoid Mary Captive to the Public's Health
Author: Judith Walzer Leavitt
She was an Irish immigrant cook. Between 1900 and 1907, she infected twenty-two New Yorkers with typhoid fever through her puddings and cakes; one of them died. Tracked down through epidemiological detective work, she was finally apprehended as she hid behind a barricade of trashcans. To protect the public's health, authorities isolated her on M...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807021026
ISBN-10: 0807021024
Publication Date: 5/1996
Pages: 331
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Publisher: Beacon Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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