Non-musical history for today: 1915 – Typhoid Mary, real name Mary Mallon, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, was put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Up to fifty-seven cases of typhoid and three deaths from the disease were connected to her. She was treated differently from the other carriers who evaded their restrictions. She was described as a “menace to public health”; her gender, class, and Irish background were all factors that weighed against her. Reports of an autopsy conducted on Mallon showed she had Salmonella typhi bacteria in her gallstones. But other reports stated that this was an urban legend fabricated to calm ethical reactions.

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