Background
Faget, Jean Charles was born on June 26, 1818 in New Orleans. Son of Jean Baptiste and Mistress (Le Mormand) Faget.
Faget, Jean Charles was born on June 26, 1818 in New Orleans. Son of Jean Baptiste and Mistress (Le Mormand) Faget.
Attended College Rolin, Paris, France, 1830-1837. Doctor of Medicine Faculte de Paris, 1844.
Journal; published discovery of difference in symptoms between yellow fever and malaria, 1859. Appointed to Louisiana Board Health. Member Sanitary Commission appointed by General Nathaniel Banks, 1864.
Author: Memoires et Lettres sur la Fièvre Jaune et la Fièvre Pauludeenne, 1864 (named chevalier Legion of Honor by France for this work, 1864).
Member Sanitary Commission appointed by General Nathaniel Banks, 1864.
Married Glady Ligeret de Chazet, many children.