Typhoid Mary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

This is pretty humorous, born back in the late 19th century Mary Mallon moved to America from Ireland. This woman came to America to be a cook. Apparently she made a lot of people sick so she had to move from job to job. And from job to job people would keep getting sick around her. Apparently Mary was a healthy carrier of Typhoid Fever. Typhoid Fever gives you diarrhea, crampings, and pains.

When Scientists started to suspect it was Mary that was causing this they confronted her and requested they test her urine and stool for the bacteria. Mary adamantly refused to take the test. She kept saying she was sure she was not the cause of people getting ill around her.

Apparently Typhoid Fever is spread from human fecal matter or Urine that comes in contact with food or water. Back then they didn't practice proper Hygiene so Mary ended up infected a lot of people. A couple of people died. Eventually police had to quarantine Mary in an installation to keep her from infecting other people for the rest of her life.

This may sound harsh but given the fact they warned her she was a carrier and she should give up cooking. She went and got a job cooking for other people. By doing this police had no choice but to take her liberties away.