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The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends,... Read Full Overview

The dramatic account of a typhoid epidemic in Ithaca, New York, in 1903, and its dark underside--with lessons for today

The Epidemic tells the story of how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell... Read Full Overview