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Epidemics ebola, AIDS, bird flu and typhoid
Title
Epidemics [videorecording] : ebola, AIDS, bird flu and typhoid / written and directed by Nancy Porter ... [et al.] ; produced by Associated Producers Inc. ... [et al.].
ISBN
9781593757397 (set) :
1593757395 (set)
Published
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation, c2007.
Physical Description
4 videodisc (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced for NOVA in association with WGBH Boston in 2004.
Based on the book Typhoid Mary: captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Closed-captioned ; described video for the visually impaired.
Summary
In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties.
Variant and related titles
Ebola
AIDS
Bird flu
Typhoid
Nova (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 16, 2009
System details note
DVD, letterboxed presentation; Dolby Digital; full screen.
Audience
Not rated.
Contents
disc. 1. Ebola: the plague fighters
disc. 2. Surviving AIDS
disc. 3. Bird flu: how safe are we?
disc. 4. Typhoid Mary: the most dangerous woman in America.
Videorecording number
WG26839SL WGBH (Disc 1)
WG28409SL WGBH (Disc 2)
WG40999SL WGBH (Disc 3)
WG38049SL WGBH (Disc 4)
WG41839 WGBH (set)
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Typhoid Fever - history - New York.
Quarantine - history - New York.
Genre/Form
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Also listed under
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation.
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