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130: Sickening pt.1: Typhoid for Two

Updated: 3 days ago


How responsible are we for the consequences of our actions? This week, Grant and Maia dive into the story of a woman who has come to be known as a reckless, disease spreading cook. Mary Mallon, also known as “Typhoid Mary.” Mary spread typhoid to dozens, maybe even hundreds of people. Several of whom would die from the disease before she was finally caught and quarantined. But behind the sensational story and the oddities of her case lie complicated questions about what we owe each other and what our communities (and country) owe us. It’s “Typhoid for Two”, this week on Well, I Laughed.


Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:24:18 Typhoid for Two

00:31:40 Disease by another name ... Filth

00:51:42 The Hunt is On

01:05:23 Who Was Mary?

01:26:25 First Quarantine

01:43:57 Second Quarantine

01:50:16 Legacy


Photos Referenced

Article about Mary Mallon "Typhoid Mary" in the New York American newspaper in June 1909 - courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collection
Article about Mary Mallon "Typhoid Mary" in the New York American newspaper in June 1909 - courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collection
Mary Mallon in the "Riverside Hospital" during her first quarantine - courtesy of Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Mary Mallon in the "Riverside Hospital" during her first quarantine - courtesy of Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island photographed September 4, 2009 - courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island photographed September 4, 2009 - courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
The cottage Mary Mallon spent the last years of her life living on North Brother Island - courtesy of Today in History
The cottage Mary Mallon spent the last years of her life living on North Brother Island - courtesy of Today in History

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