James Laurence Cabell

James Laurence Cabell

Dr. James Laurence (Lawrence?) Cabell ( August 26, 1813 – August 13, 1889 ), Sanitarian;
*born in Nelson County, Virginia, the son of Dr. George Cabell, Jr.;
*graduated from the University of Virginia in 1833;
*studied medicine in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Paris;
*became Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Virginia;
*chairman of the faculty in 1846 and 1847;
*wrote "The Testimony of Modern Science to the Unity of Mankind" (New York, 1858).

He was in charge of the Confederate military hospitals during the Civil War. When yellow fever broke out in Memphis, Tennessee he was appointed chairman of the National Sanitary Conference and devised a plan that checked the spread of the epidemic.

From 1879 until his death in Overton, Virginia, he was president of the National Board of Health.


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