Workshop 7
Lectures & Activities

List of Transcripts, Activities, and Reflections

This workshop explores public health epidemics in the 19th and early 20th century and the tension between public health needs and individual rights, particularly in the case of Mary Mallon (a.k.a. "Typhoid Mary").

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Transcripts:

Lecture Transcript One: Infectious Diseases in the 19th-Century City
Lecture Transcript Two: Typhoid, Polio, and Diphtheria: Science and Class Issues

Activities:

Activity One: What Should Be Done About Mary Mallon?
Activity Two: Final Thoughts on the Control of Disease

Reflections:

Reflection One: What Should Be Done About Mary Mallon?

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