Coffee and a Slice of HISTORY

Episode 14- Typhoid Mary


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Typhoid, a bacterial disease commonly associated with overcrowded and unsanitary slum. So why in the years between 1900 through to 1907 had wealthy, affluent families in New York fallen ill and in some cases die because of the typhoid fever while they lived in the opposite conditions in which the disease thrived? All families had one common denominator, Mary Mallon, who was a cook for each of these families. So pour your cuppas because this is Coffee and a Slice of HISTORY; Typhoid Mary.Ko-fi and Instagram links:https://ko-fi.com/coffeeandasliceofhistoryhttps://instagram.com/coffee.and_history?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Coffee and a Slice of HISTORYBy Ellie Dobson