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  • The Contagion Carrier

  • The Story of Typhoid Mary
  • By: Riveting History
  • Narrated by: Cate Croft
  • Length: 34 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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The Contagion Carrier

By: Riveting History
Narrated by: Cate Croft
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From a poor young girl living in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine, Mary Mallon is in search of a better life. At age fifteen, she escapes to the United States and seeks to begin a new life in a different world. Mary will eventually find work as a cook for several affluent families, but when disaster follows her as she moves from each home, her life will never be the same. An astute health sleuth will discover Mary’s secret.

She will infamously be called “Typhoid Mary”, and suspicions and accusations will haunt her. Her story will redefine the strategies of the public health system, and initiate advancements in epidemiology, quarantine protocols, and public health policy. Her enduring legacy will forever change the 20th-century mindset of infectious disease control and prevention.

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Fascinating sleuth work

Exceptionally well researched treatise on typhoid and how many were infected before it was realized there were "asymptomatic" carriers. Would highly recommend.

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