Typhoid Mary : captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Typhoid Mary : captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Typhoid Mary : captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
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Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
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N614.5112097/2
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English
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xviii, 331 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Mary Mallon was the first healthy carrier of typhoid to be carefully traced in North America, but there were other healthy carriers - over 400 in New York City alone by the 1930s - whose treatment was much less harsh. Why did Mallon's case turn out as it did? As Leavitt shows, the answers have to do with popular prejudices as well as with the legal...
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Typhoid Mary : captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-320) and index.
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c1996.
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N614.5112097/2
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74Vv2kkgPlZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv2kkgPlZl
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ISBN
0807021024 (acid-free paper)
9780807021026 (acid-free paper)
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614.5112097471
MMS ID
991004069349702626
