Edward Livingston Trudeau

Edward Livingston Trudeau
Born(1848-10-05)October 5, 1848
DiedNovember 15, 1915(1915-11-15) (aged 67)
OccupationPhysician
RelativesGarry Trudeau (great-grandson)
Trudeau's gravesite, St. Johns in the Wilderness Church, Paul Smiths, New York

Edward Livingston Trudeau (October 5, 1848 – November 15, 1915) was an American physician who established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for the treatment of tuberculosis.[1]

Dr. Trudeau also established the Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis, the first laboratory in the United States dedicated to the study of tuberculosis. He was a public health pioneer who helped to establish principles for disease prevention and control.

  1. ^ Shampoo, Marc (July 2010). "Edward L. Trudeau—Founder of a Sanatorium for Treatment of Tuberculosis". Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 85 (7): e48. doi:10.4065/mcp.2010.0379. PMC 2894729. PMID 20592164.

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