28 June 1868
Source:
ZF 10347A
Henri Jean Vleminckx (1826-1906) pioneered in the field of Belgian national health. During an epidemic of cholera in 1866, this forensic doctor was the first in Belgium to stress the connection between the disease and polluted drinking water. His measures promoting thorough and systematic disinfection and social hygiene resulted in this sympathetic portrait in "La Cigale" (The Cricket) of June 28, 1868.