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Typhoid Mary Mallon Revisited

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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The New York Times Article - Five Ill in One House

Mister and missus george thompson, who owned the house, may thought, ok, no one's going to hear about it. But then splashed on the front page of the new york times was a headline, five ill in one household. And what's even worse, the article went on the journalist blamed the water in the house for the outbreak. So now they were publicly in trouble and shamed. Mister thompson was desperate to get to the bottom of this and restore his reputation. He hired experts to go through the house and the grounds plumbing was especially given the article, looked at. All the drinking water faucets, nothing. Manure was

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