Historical Events tagged with "typhoid"
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Health & Medicine
Typhoid Mary Quarantined for Life
March 27th, 1915 109 years ago
Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, was quarantined for the second time due to her status as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever. Authorities sought to control the spread of the disease she unknowingly transmitted to others through her cooking. This time, Mary would remain in isolation for the rest of her life, highlighting the challenges in public health and the stigma faced by carriers of infectious diseases.
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