The Doctor Who Outwitted Typhoid Mary | History Honors 250

Sara Josephine Baker was a pioneer of public health programs min the early 1900s. Baker was the first woman to head NYC’s new Bureau of Child Hygiene in 1908 and pioneered many medical advancements for children health at a time when dysentery, smallpox, and typhoid were common killers. And Baker played a crucial role in tracking down Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid …