Mary Mallon

Early in the last century, for example, the very same New York City health department famously exiled Mary Mallon aka “Typhoid Mary”, along with many other infectious patients, to a tiny island “colony” in the East River.

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They want the immediate release of Mary Mallon as they say she is being held illegally.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

Where Mary Mallon cooks, people are infected with the fever.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

I think of Dr. Baker; inside me, I find a lingering anger at her for treating Mary Mallon so poorly.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

She said her name was Mary Mallon, and described her as fortyish, tall, heavy, Irish from Ireland, in perfect health, and not known to have ever had an attack of the typhoid.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

Mary Mallon has been moved to a hospital on North Brother Island, between Queens and the Bronx, just a short ferry ride away.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

He said, without meeting my eyes, “I think I have found a person who could show me where Mary Mallon lives.”

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

I looked for the records of our typhoid case, but Mr. Soper had taken them all to Mr. Briggs for the meeting about Mary Mallon.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

I have told him that Mary Mallon is a serious danger, and a police guard is in order.

Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011