Louis J. Dufilho
La Pharmacie Francaise
In this shop on this site
Louis J. Dufilho
Practiced pharmacy as one of the first of his profession to have been licensed in the United States (no later than 1816). Pharmacist Dufilho symbolizes the beginning of a system of certifying the professional competence of pharmacists and the recognition of the vital significance of that competence for the public health.
Authorized by the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Marker is on Chartres Street.
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