Black Death
Name the three items which the doctor brought to Goodwoman Phillips' house.
A cup, a cloth, and a knife.
Mary Mallon ended with a job as a cook in a hospital. Explain what happened once she started working there.
Since she was a healthy carrier of typhoid, she spread the disease to the staff and patients.
Who was Patient Zero?
Baby Francis was Patient Zero.
What transmitted the plague to humans?
The fleas on infected black rats
Why was Dr. Sara Josephine Baker chosen to convince Mary Mallon of testing?
She was one of few women doctors at the New York City Health Department.
What did people believe was the cause of the cholera outbreak?
People believed that miasma, bad air, was the cause of cholera.
What foretold evil was coming? (Hint: It was seen in the sky)
A comet flaring across the sky.
Name the tests George Soper completed at the Warren's house before coming to the conclusion that Mary Mallon was a healthy carrier. (Name TWO)
He tested the cesspool, water from the faucets, the milk to see if it was contaminated, and the clams.
What is "shoe leather epidemiology?"
Shoe leather epidemiology was the process of going door to door to ask questions and collect data in the area of the epidemic.
What did John Graunt discover?
He discovered a way to predict the coming of a plague year by looking at the Bills of Mortality.
It was suspected for poor families to become ill with typhoid versus wealthy families because.....
"Typhoid was a disease for the poor. It meant you didn't have proper standards of hygiene in your home."
What were two ways of preventing the plague which were suggested to some who could not move out of the city?
Gold coins in doctor's mouths, herbs and spices combined with vinegar or tar be burned to cleanse the air, smoked/chewed tobacco, wearing protective amulets, and "con artists sold all kinds of exotic wonder drugs."
Where did Mary Mallon end up spending the rest of her life?
Mary Mallon was sent back to North Brother Island and lived there for 23 years until her death.