Sentences with phrase «carrier of typhoid»

You alternately like, hate and feel sorry for Mary who, although a smart woman, can not accept the fact that she is a healthy carrier of typhoid.

A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as «Typhoid Mary,» the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.

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Known as a carrier of the deadly typhoid fever, Mary Mallon was also a victim of civil rights violations and overly harsh treatment.

This was all such new science when they discovered Mary was a healthy «carrier» of typhoid.

Fever is told from Mary's point of view and you get a real sense of who she was and how being labeled a typhoid carrier affected her.