Typhoid Mary incident

Typhoid Mary, whose real name is mary mallon (65438+September 23rd, 0869-1938 65438+1October1), was born in Ireland, 15. At first, she worked as a maid, but later she turned to cook. Although Mary has always been healthy, she carries typhoid Bacillus. 1906 In the summer, Warren, a banker from new york, took his family to Long Island for the summer and hired Mary as a chef. At the end of August, one of Warren's daughters contracted typhoid fever for the first time. Then, Mrs Warren, two maids, a gardener and another daughter were infected one after another. There are 1 1 people living in their summer house, and 6 people are sick. The homeowner found the help of Soper, an expert with experience in dealing with typhoid fever. Suo Beier took aim at Mary. He investigated Mary's previous seven years' work experience in detail, and found that Mary had changed seven workplaces in these seven years, and typhoid fever broke out in each workplace, with 22 cases, of which 1 case died. Therefore, Suo Beier wants to verify his inference through Mary's blood and stool samples; But it is very tricky. He went to Mary and, according to his own description, "tried to use diplomatic language, but Mary reacted quickly." She grabbed a big fork and stabbed me. I ran quickly through the long and narrow hall and escaped from the iron gate. "Because, in her time," healthy carriers "was still an unheard-of concept. She is in good health herself, and it is an insult to say that she has transmitted typhoid fever to others. Later, Suo Beier tried to persuade Mary through local health officials. Unexpectedly, this annoyed the stubborn Irish woman even more. She scolded them and declared them "persona non grata".

Finally, local health officials came to the door with an ambulance and five policemen. This time, Mary used a fork again. Mary suddenly ran away when everyone was hiding. Later, the police found her in the closet. Five policemen carried her into an ambulance and took her to the hospital. The examination results of the hospital confirmed Suo Beier's suspicion.

1907 On a Sunday morning, people in new york found typhoid fever spreading from the vicinity of Long Island to the urban area. Since Mary Mullen escaped from an isolation hospital like Houdini and disappeared into this huge maze with index, there have been three large-scale typhoid epidemics in Northeast China. This time, the doctors of new york Health Bureau almost caught the newly hired chef "typhoid Mary" on the avenue of Manhattan Park. You just need to find out who has the best smoked salmon nearby. But Mary never believed the hospital's conclusion. Two years later, she complained to the US Department of Health. 1in June, 909, new york American published a long story about Mary, which was very sensational and caused public sigh, and the health department was accused of violating human rights. 19 10 In February, the local health department reached a settlement with Mary and lifted her isolation on the condition that Mary agreed not to be a cook.

At the hearing of 19 10, Dr. Sober, Director of Public Health of new york, was the most vehement opponent of the release of immune typhoid carriers. However, the Supreme Court released Mary after asking her to swear to God that she would never work in contact with food again. Four years later, before a new round of infectious diseases broke out, Awake will once again find Mary who is back in her old job in Westchester County, New Jersey. Later, Mary was sent to the infectious ward on North Brother Island near Nunu.

I thought this case was over, but 19 15 years, Mary has been released from isolation for five years, and almost everyone has forgotten her. At this time, typhoid fever broke out in a maternity hospital in new york, 25 people were infected and 2 people died. The health department soon found Mary in the kitchen of this hospital. She has changed her name to "Mrs. Brown".

It is said that Mary went back to be a chef because she decided that she was not the source of infection, because being a chef earned more money. But in any case, the public sympathy for Mary disappeared this time. Mary consciously indefensible, honestly returned to the island. The doctor used all the drugs that could treat typhoid fever for Mary in isolation, but typhoid bacteria still stubbornly existed in her body. Mary gradually learned some knowledge about infectious diseases, actively cooperated with the work of the hospital, and even became a volunteer in the hospital laboratory. 1932, Mary was paraplegic after a stroke and died six years later.

The archives describing her communication process are filled with two large iron cabinets. Except for some, they were locked in the basement of new york Municipal Health Bureau, waiting for the destruction deadline. Another sealed box contains her belongings before her arrest: a few dim knitted tops, a cookbook written in Irish dialect and Italian argot, a Russian shawl and a pocket Bible.

In Mary Mullen's life, 52 cases of typhoid fever were directly transmitted, 7 of which died, and countless people were indirectly infected. The American government refused to disclose her nationality and birthplace. 1932, she was paralyzed by a stroke at the age of 68. In the same glass cage, except for a short interval, he was locked up for 27 years. Mary1938165438+1October 1 1 died of pneumonia rather than typhoid at the age of 69. Presumably, the cause of pneumonia was that she was paralyzed in bed by a stroke six months before her death. However, after autopsy, it was found that there were many live typhoid bacilli in her gallbladder, and her body was eventually cremated in St. Raymond Cemetery in the Bronx. Later, Mary Mullen was called "typhoid Mary" in American medical history. Americans sometimes refer to their friends suffering from infectious diseases as "typhoid Mary" in a joking tone.