Rabu, 09 Februari 2011

Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary
Author: Judith Walzer Leavitt
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0807021032

She was an Irish immigrant cook. Download Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Between 1900 and 1907, she infected twenty-two New Yorkers with typhoid fever through her puddings and cakes; one of them died. Tracked down through epidemiological detective work, she was finally apprehended as she hid behind a barricade of trashcans. To protect the public's health, authorities isolated her on Manhattan's North Brother Island, where she died some thirty years later.

This book tells the remarkable story of Mary Mallon--the real Typhoid Mary. Combining social history with biography, historian Judith Leavitt re-creates early-twentieth-century New York City, a world of strict class divisions and prejudice against immigrants and women. Leavitt engages the reader with the excitement of the Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. Typhoid Mary medical books pdf for free. Between 1900 and 1907, she infected twenty-two New Yorkers with typhoid fever through her puddings and cakes; one of them died. Tracked down through epidemiological detective work, she was finally apprehended as she hid behind a barricade of trashcans. To protect the public's health, authorities isolated her on Manhattan's North Brother Island, where she died some thirty years later.

This book tells the remarkable story of Mary Mallon--the real Typhoid Mary Leavitt engages the reader with the excitement of the



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