LUZENBERG, loo'z'en'berg, Charles Alo ysius, American physician: b. Verona, Italy, 1805; d. 1848. He was educated at London and at Weissenburg College, Alsace. Leaving Italy for the United States in his 14th year, he sub sequently received a medical education at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He removed to New Orleans in 1829, where he made a reputation for brilliant surgery and was enabled to establish the famous New Orleans Medical School. He visited Paris in 1832, where his reputation had preceded him, and he was elected corresponding member of the Paris Academy. His most important work in Louis iana (where he took up his residence again in 1834) was the founding of the Society of Natural History (1839), and the Louisiana Medico-Chirurgical Society (1843), by which science has been much fostered and promoted in the South. It is believed that he was the first physician in the United States, who prevented pitting in cases of smallpox, by excluding light from the sick chamber.
LUZERNE, 111-zern, N. Y., town, includ ing a village of the same name, in Warren County, on the Hudson River, at the mouth of the Sacandaga River, about 20 miles north of Saratoga and 10 miles southwest of Lake George. Lake Luzerne is in the vicinity. The village is situated in an agricultural and lum bering region, and its chief industries are con nected with the manufacture of paper, shirts, lumber and with farm products. A bridge crossing the Hudson connects Luzerne with Hadley, a station on a branch of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The cool climate in this region in summer, the beautiful scenery and the opportunities for fishing make it a favorite summer resort. Pop. 1,185.