Mary Mallon - Wikipedia Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born cook who lived in the United States from a young age and is believed to have infected up to fifty-seven people with the bacteria that cause typhoid fever
Typhoid Mary | Biography, Disease, Facts | Britannica Who was Typhoid Mary? Mary Mallon, who was given the nickname Typhoid Mary, was identified as a carrier of the typhoid bacterium and as the source of multiple outbreaks of typhoid fever in New York City and Long Island between 1900 and 1907
How Typhoid Mary left a trail of scandal and death - BBC But even before that there was the extraordinary story of Typhoid Mary, a young Irish immigrant working as a cook in New York at the beginning of the 20th Century who left in her wake a trail
The Frightening Legacy of Typhoid Mary - Smithsonian Magazine Today, the name “Typhoid Mary” stands for anyone who callously spreads disease or evil There’s even a Marvel comic book villain named after her: a female assassin with a vicious temper But
Typhoid Mary Mary Mallon: An Asymptomatic Carrier of One such person was the infamous "Typhoid Mary " Not just a turn-of-phrase, Typhoid Mary was a real woman named Mary Mallon She emigrated from Ireland to New York in about 1883, and in summer 1906, was a temporary cook in the home of a wealthy banker
Who Was Typhoid Mary? - Origins Mary Mallon in a hospital bed in 1907 No healthy carrier for typhoid had ever been identified prior to his investigation, but Soper was determined to prove that Mallon was the culprit After Mallon had rebuffed him, he had approached the New York City health department for help
The Tragedy Story of Mary Mallon, aka “Typhoid Mary” Mary Mallon (1869–1938), better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever An Irish immigrant and talented cook, she spent nearly three decades
Typhoid Mary - US History Mary was among very few people classified as asymptomatic carriers of typhoid fever, and the first such carrier ever identified in the U S The disease is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi Most people, if exposed to typhoid, will get sick Untreated, about 20% will die
March 27, 1915: Typhoid Mary Exiled - This Day of History In 1915, a typhoid outbreak at the Sloan Maternity Hospital in Manhattan infected 25 people and caused two deaths Investigators traced the outbreak back to a cook using the alias “Mrs Brown,” who turned out to be Mary Mallon