Support WBURAwful Moments In Quarantine History: Remember Typhoid Mary?Eleanor KlibanoffOctober 30, 2014 ShareMary Mallon, known as "Typhoid Mary," was immune to the typhoid she carried. Working as a cook, she spread the disease in New York and ended up quarantined on Brother Island (above) for more than two decades. (Bettmann/Corbis)
