Biography of 	SAMUEL, Earnest C., M.D., W. Feliciana, then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 390.  Edited by 
Alcée 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.