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Summary: Recounts the story of Mary Mallon, an immigrant cook considered responsible for the 1904 outbreak of typhoid fever in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and describes her attempts to escape capture and institutionalization.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5112 BOUSummary: In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2005
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Summary: Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2021