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b"Typhoid Mary - real name Mary Mallon - was the first ever asymptomatic carrier of typhoid to be identified. A cook for wealthy New York families, her name was published on 15th June, 1907, when sanitation engineer George Soper exposed her as the source of numerous outbreaks of the disease across the City.\\nOf particular concern was Mallon\\u2019s habit of preparing fresh peach ice cream for her clients on a Sunday. \\u201cNo better way could be found for a cook to cleanse her hands of microbes and infect a family,\\u201d Soper concluded.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly ask if Mallon was treated unfairly by the authorities due to her class and circumstances; explain how she came to be quarantined - twice - on North Brother Island; and question how she possibly found herself working back in kitchens, preparing food, even after her reputation as a carrier of typhoid had been well publicised\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018THE WORK OF A CHRONIC TYPHOID GERM DISTRIBUTOR\\u2019 (George A. Soper, Ph.D, 1907): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/463876\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Typhoid Mary, Who Spread Typhoid in Early 1900s\\u2019 (ThoughtCo, 2019): https://www.thoughtco.com/typhoid-mary-1779179\\n\\u2022 \\u2018What Exactly Is Typhoid Fever?\\u2019 (Seeker, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1lKW2CYU68&t=306s\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Alexa Weissman.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"