Julius Caesar LeHardy papers, 1879-1897

Summary

Creator:

LeHardy, J. C.

Date:

1879-1897

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Julius Caesar LeHardy papers, ms 1148. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers and correspondences of Dr. Julius Caesar LeHardy from 1879-1897. Material included relates to LeHardy's work on yellow fever and quarantine. Correspondences are to Dr. Felix Formento of New Orleans, Louisiana, regarding participation in the Quarantine Conference held in New Orleans in 1880, and to mayor Herman Myers of Savannah, Georgia, regarding the disposal of sewage in the river.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Julius Caesar LeHardy (born Julius-Caesar Louis Victor LeHardy de Beaulieu on October 21, 1831 in Belgium), was a Savannah physician who pioneered studies of yellow fever and other swamp diseases and revised methods of quarantine and treatment of epidemic situations. He spent much time investigating coastal Georgia diseases and wrote a number of scholarly woks on the various maladies of the area.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Sewage disposal -- Georgia -- Savannah.
Quarantine -- Georgia.
Yellow fever -- Georgia.
Public health -- Georgia.
Epidemics -- Georgia.
Correspondence

Names:

Formento, Felix, 1837-1907 -- Correspondence

Preferred citation:

Julius Caesar LeHardy papers, ms 1148. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.