J. G. Jarell letter to Julius Caesar LeHardy, 1899 May 20

Summary

Creator:
Jarrell, J. G.
Date:
1899 May 20
Extent:
1 folder(s) (1 letter)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

J. G. Jarell letter to Julius Caesar LeHardy, ms1397. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

A letter to Dr. Le Hardy, dated May 20, 1899, from J.G. Jarrell, a fellow physician, who mentions "five new cases of variola" and his need to "visit the Rest Home this afternoon."

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Julius Caesar Le Hardy (born Julius-Caesar Louis Victor Le Hardy 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.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

J. G. Jarell letter to Julius Caesar LeHardy, ms1397. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.