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• WHO'S WHO - 'M'--'N'--'O' • Mac Elhone, Harry • Maggi, Julius • Mallon, Mary (Typhiod Mary) • Mars, Forrest Edward • Mars, Frank C. • Maytag, Fred • McDonald, Maurice & Richard • Mesnier, Roland • Mitchell, William • Monroe, Marilyn • Montagne, Prosper • Montagu, John • Nelson, Christian Kent • Nignon, Edouard • Nostradamus • Newbold, Charles • Oribe, Furuta

Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary)

(1870 - November 11, 1938)

Infamous household cook who was responsible for major outbreaks of typhoid in the New York City area in 1904, 1907, and 1914. She was immune to typhoid herself, but was a carrier of the bacillus, and spread it wherever she worked as a household cook.

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