Émile-Jules Dubois
French politician (1853-1904)
Émile-Jules Dubois (28 December 1853 - 7 May 1904) was a French medical doctor and politician who was a deputy in the National Assembly from 1898 to 1904.
Life
Émile-Jules Dubois was born on 28 December 1853 in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Haute-Vienne. He became a school professor in the city of Paris, and then established himself in the 14th arrondissement of Paris as a doctor of medicine. At one time he was shot by a deranged patient. Later, during a diphtheria epidemic of 1890, he came close to death after treating children infected with the disease. Dubois was a municipal councilor from 1882. He became president of the general counsel of the Seine department, which covered Paris and the suburbs, from 3 April 1897 to 15 June 1898.
Dubois was elected deputy for the Seine, representing the second constituency of the 14th arrondissement, in the general legislative elections of 22 May 1898. He joined the Socialist Republican group. He was involved in many proposals for laws related to health, including prevention of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, sanitary inspection of schools and isolation wards in hospitals.
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