As a global pandemic currently spreads and people slip further into hysteria, I thought it would be appropriate to share a 1907 article about Typhoid Mary from The Evening World newspaper. “Typhoid Mary” (born in 1869) was an Irish Cook in New York who is believed to have infected 51 people (3 of whom died) […]

via A 1907 Article About Typhoid Mary (And Why We Should All Wash Our Hands!) — 100 Years of Letters