Samuel, Earnest C.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 390. Edited by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Samuel, Earnest Charles, M. D., New Orleans, was born in West Feliciana parish, La., July 21, 1887; son of Charles and Amelia (Blum) Samuel, the former of whom was born in Rhein Pfalz, Germany, and is now living in the city of New Orleans. The mother was born at Donaldsonville, Ascension parish, La., and is living at this time. Charles Samuel came from the Fatherland to America when a boy of 16 years, landing at New York City and coming from there direct to Louisiana, possessing, it is said, only $5 when he arrived. However, he soon found employment as a clerk, and diligently applying himself to the task of saving sufficient money to establish a business for himself, soon attained that object and became a general merchant at Stamps' Landing. Later this business was moved to Row Landing, where he successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits until his retirement in 1905, since which date he has been a resident of New Orleans. Ernest Charles Samuel attended the country schools of West Feliciana parish and later the public schools of New Orleans, where he passed an examination and was granted a teacher's certificate, upon which he was admitted to the medical department of Tulane university in 1906. In the course of his medical training he served 18 months as interne at Touro infirmary, and graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1911. After having secured his medical degree he visited Europe, and studied in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfort, specializing in X-ray work, to which he has devoted his attention exclusively since beginning practice in New Orleans in 1912. Again, in the fall of 1913, he spent 3 months in Berlin and Munich, at post-graduate work along the line of his specialty. It should be mentioned that while a second-year medical student at Tulane university he began teaching, as student demonstrator of pathology and bacteriology. After his graduation he became demonstrator of radiology and raditherapy, which post he holds at this time. He has also, from the time of his graduation, been junior radiologist at Touro infirmary, visiting radiologist at the New Orleans Charity hospital, and radiologist at the Illinois Central R. R. hospital. He is now consulting radiologist at the Women's dispensary. Dr. Samuel is a member of the Louisiana State and Orleans parish Medical associations, the Southern Medical & Surgical association, Louisiana Association of R. R. Surgeons, Anglo-American Medical Society of Berlin, and the Association of Illinois Central Surgeons. Dr. Samuel is a member of Touro synagogue.