Join us as we discuss the case of Mary Mallon, aka "Typhoid Mary," an Irish immigrant who was an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella typhi, the bacteria responsible for Typhoid Fever. She worked as a cook in New York and infected the wealthy families she cooked for. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3959940/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/typhoid

https://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/about/index.html

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