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Typhoid Marybyname of Mary Mallon(born 1870?—died Nov. 11, 1938, North Brother Island, N.Y., N.Y., U.S.) U.S. carrier of typhoid. A 1904 typhoid epidemic on Long Island was traced to households where she had been a cook. She fled, but authorities finally caught up with her and isolated her on an island off the Bronx. In 1910 she was released after agreeing not to take a food-handling job, but she did, causing more typhoid outbreaks. She was returned to the island for the rest of her life. Three deaths and 51 original cases were directly attributed to her. Typhoid Mary See Mallon, Mary. Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon, 1870–1938) unwitting carrier of typhus; suffered 23-year quarantine. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 354] See : Disease How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Van Arkadie started working there in the very early stages of the revival of Western multilateral support in the late 1980s, and has continued to visit frequently; Mallon is a Hanoi resident, with language competence, who started working on Vietnam for the Asian Development Bank, provided major support to the reopening of their country office, and continues to work as a consultant. The power of the human-animal bond has been described in sources as diverse as ancient literature, modern fiction, and research reports in the professional literature (Chandler, 2001; Mallon, 1992; Parshall, 2003; Siegel, 1993). He succeeds Archbishop Peter Mallon who, on turning 75, resigned because of illness. |
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