Typhoid Mary : The Most dangerous woman in America

Typhoid Mary : The Most dangerous woman in America

When six members of a wealthy family contracted typhoid fever in August 1906, one question puzzled everyone: how would such an upscale summer enclave become infected with this highly contagious 'slum disease'? Hired to perform the bacterials detective work, George Soper soon discovered th...

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Corporate Author:	WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Porter, Nancy M., Frumkin, Peter, Griffin, Marian Thomas, Shea, Jere, Rose, Natalie, Leavitt, Judith Walzer
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, KY : Amazon.com, 2005
Series:	Nova.
Subjects:	Typhoid Mary, > 1869-1938. Typhoid fever > New York (State) > New York > History. Quarantine > New York (State) > New York > History. Nonfiction films.

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