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Typhoid Mary, d. 1938.
Typhoid fever -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Quarantine -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Typhoid Mary, d. 1938.
Typhoid fever -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Quarantine -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Typhoid
Mary
[videorecording (DVD)] : The most dangerous woman in America.
WGBH Educational Foundation, c2005.
Call #:
DVD 614.5112 T991
Subjects
Typhoid
Mary
,
d
.
1938
.
Typhoid
fever -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Quarantine -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
ISBN:
159375177X
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] :
Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Program content: Nancy Porter Productions, c2004.
Based on the book
Typhoid
Mary
: captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Special features : Printable materials for educators ; Access to the NOVA web site ; Scene selection.
Letterboxed.
Home use only.
Closed-captioned ; Described video for the visually impaired.
Production:
Produced by Peter Frumkin ; written and directed by Nancy M. Porter ; co-producer, Jennifer Pearce ; a film by Nancy Porter Productions, Inc. for NOVA in association with WGBH/Boston.
Summary:
In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit
typhoid
fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook
Mary
Mallon, known as '
Typhoid
Mary
'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties.
Genre:
Films for the hearing impaired.
Films for people with visual disabilities.
DVDs.
Described video.
Other authors:
Porter, Nancy W.
Frumkin, Peter.
Pearce, Jennifer.
Leavitt, Judith Walzer.
Typhoid
Mary
: captive to the public's health.
Nancy Porter Productions.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH Video (Firm)
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