HISTORY UNCUT THE REAL Typhoid Mary Virginia Loh-Hagan
CHAPTER 1 Typhoid Mary The Story You Know Mary Mallon was known as Typhoid Mary She was a cook She infected more than 50 people She gave them typhoid fever At least 3 people died Typhoid fever is a bad sickness It can be deadly It causes high fevers It upsets stomachs It causes headaches It causes red spots on the skin It’s spread by eating food or drinking water handled by someone who has it Mallon was the first known healthy carrier Carriers have the sickness They pass it to others But Mallon wasn’t sick She didn’t have any symptoms Symptoms are signs of sickness Mallon was seen as bad But there’s more to her story 4
About 21 5 million people get typhoid fever each year They’re mostly from third-world countries 5
