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Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary
historical figure
Sir Almroth Edward Wright
British bacteriologist and immunologist
Fernand-Isidore Widal
French physician and bacteriologist
Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet
British physician
William Budd
English physician
Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing
Chinese physician
Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau
French physician

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