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Typhoid Mary Mallon Revisited

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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Typhoid Is Not Our Thing, Dear.

The warren family, mister and missus warren, four children and five servants, were midsummer on long island. One of the daughters became desperately ill; before a conclusion could be reached, yet another daughter was struck down with the same symptoms. Everybody in the house recovered after a time, and they fled back to safety in new york city. The common sentiment was typhoid was a disease associated with dirt and crowding, and, frankly, poor people with their slovenly habits,. not the one % ly.

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