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Typhoid Mary Mallon Revisited

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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The Footman in the Kitchen With the Poopy Hands

Four servants in the gilby house began to suffer from typhoid. Doctor soper had never heard of anyone investigating healthy carriers in america, and he'd certainly never seen one in real life. He knew from his previous work that ople who actually were symptomatic with the disease often carried their disease around with them for a while after they seemed better. All he needed now was his subject, mary malin.

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