Episode 4
New York. 1907. Dr Soper, typhoid slayer, hunts Mary Mallon, unknowing healthy typhoid spreader. With lives at risk, the stakes could not be higher. But at what cost to her?
New York, 1907. Dr Soper, typhoid slayer, undertakes a high-stakes hunt for Mary Mallon, whom he suspects to be an unknowing healthy typhoid spreader.
If he finds her, and proves his case, she鈥檒l be the first such typhoid carrier identified in the English speaking world.
If he doesn鈥檛, the outcome in a crowded city could be lethal.
Dr Soper is determined not to be defeated in his quest to find the Irish immigrant cook, but at what cost to the woman who would become known as 鈥楾yphoid Mary鈥�?
A story of ambition, clashing ideals, and radically different worlds - with consequences for all of us to the present.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Direct quotations from Dr George A Soper, where indicated, courtesy of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Presenter/ Producer: Ophelia Byrne
Executive Editor: Andy Martin
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