The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1895-06-01
DR.. MAYER RESIGNS.

He Leaves the Office OF Assistant
Quarantine Physician.
From the n o. Times-Democrat
DR.. Fred J. Mayer, the assistant quar-
antine physician. handed his resignation
to DR.. wilkinson yesterday. He will re-
turn to his home in Lafayette and take
up his practice again. The doctor has
had an interesting career.
DR.. Fred ]. Mayer, of Lafayette, ma
tive Of the Attakapas. is thirty-six years
of age and bachelor. of German-Irish
extraction. his father, Prof. Mayer, of st.
Landry, being the youngest son of the
late famous Prof. Carl Mayer. of Mum
chen. Bavaria, professor of music in the
University Royal. musician for fifty years
and the lifelong friend and intimate of
old King Ludwig. His mother is the
youngest daughter of the late Mark
O'Rorke. scion of the ancient Leitrim-
Meath family Of that name. DR.. Mayer
removed with his family to Munchen. Ba-
varia, in 1860. In 1868 they moved to
London. where they remained two years.
and then moved to Belfast, Ireland,
where they remained five years. going to
Opelousas in 1871, where the family still
lives. The doctor received his education
from private tutors in the Methodist Col.
lege of Belfast and in the public schools
of Opelousas. under the famous old peda.
gogue, Calvin rrazee. He commenced
life at fourteen. teaching school. and pur.
sued that avocauon for seven years in
various parts Of St. Landry and Acadia,
including the public schools of Opelousas
and Washington, In the interval studying
medicine. in which he graduated in 1852
at the University of Louisiana In 1850
he attended = short course at st. Thomas
Hospital, under Sir William McCormac;
later he attended the Hospital Necker. in
Paris.
The doctor Il . Democrat Of the White
League stripe: he took part when boy
in the first Nichols campaign in 1873. in
St. Landry. In 1882 he removed to La
fayette parish. where for ten years he
prscticed his profession. building up q
large and lucratiye practice. which he
completely broke up by the very active
part he took in the Gay and Price con.
gressional campaigns and in the Nicholl,
and anti-lottery fight. He placed Gov
Nichollsin nomination In the famous con
vention of 1883. He was member o1
the State Central Committee for La
fayette at that time. He secured th,
nomination Of Gov. Foster in the con
vention of 1892. Of which body he wa
y member. He was appointed assistan
quarantine physician of Louisiana ii
1892, when the Legislature paid him th
unusual compliment Of raising the salar,
$1,000 by unanimous vote in the senat
and only eight dissenting votes In tn
House.
In 1892 he was president Of the Attaka
pas Medical Association; in 1889 he wa
their orator. and delivered lengthy I'D
dress on tsanitary entombment; in 160
he was chosen chairman, by Prof. Mile
Of the section on quarantine Of the Stat
Medical Society, and read an elaborat
report thereon. In 1894 he was chose
chairman Of the section on quarantine b
Prof Matas, and chairman Of the sectio
on public hygiene. In 1895 he was I.
elected chairman Of the section on qua
antine.
He took an active part in the gres
medical debate on the new State medic.
examining law. He introduced and .,
|cured the passage Of great number {
resolutions in the State Medical Societ
on sanitary and quarantine matters. A
: member Of the American Public Healt
Association he took positive stand
debate in the City Of Mexico again,
Federal interference In State quarantine,
As assistant quarantine physician he ws
active in the discharge Of his offlci,
duties, while making every effort to min
mize the unavoidable hardships Of Qua
antine. Al various times he held bot
the upper station and the Port Eads st,
ton at the same time.
At the recent session Of the State Met
ical Society he read report on quarar
tine. which was fully discussed and higl
" complimented by DR.. Formento,
member Of the State Board Of Healtl
In this report he urged modification {
quarantine restrictions. and sugeeste
. the ude Of Formic Aldehyde in quara,
tine practice. His withdrawal from ii
sanitaty service Of the State is TO be +
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