Medical Pioneer. He was one of the world's first bacteriologists. In 1899 he had discovered the DeLisle Bacillus. Dr. Lisle had studied at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia from where he graduated in 1882 and later he resided in Manhattan and in Paris but visited Springfield frequently. Along with his wife Agnes he had traveled around the world searching for cures for diseases although his main search had been to diagnose and cure syphilis. At the Pasteur Institute Dr. Justin Lisle worked in the Laboratory of Elie Metchinkoff from 1898-1903. He had gone to China for the Bubonic Plague outbreak in the 1890s and to North Africa when Tsetse flies ravaged populations by spreading sleeping sickness. His articles debating the diagnosis for Syphilis can be found in the Journal of Dermatology and through Index Medicus. At the time of his death in Paris the highest-ranking Masons in France had escorted his remains back to the United States. His wife Agnes survived him by many years and saw to his research and articles published posthumously. She had contributed his papers to the Parke Davis in Detroit. The couple had maintained homes in both Paris and at 313 West 57th Street in New York City. They both had presumed the name of Lisle in France and had adopted the name of the author of the "La Marseillaise" which they recognized as a distant member of their families. Agne's obituary in the New York Times in October of 1940 listed her name as Mme. Agnes Rouget DeLisle and her late husband's as Justin Rouget DeLisle which is inscribed on his headstone.
Medical Pioneer. He was one of the world's first bacteriologists. In 1899 he had discovered the DeLisle Bacillus. Dr. Lisle had studied at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia from where he graduated in 1882 and later he resided in Manhattan and in Paris but visited Springfield frequently. Along with his wife Agnes he had traveled around the world searching for cures for diseases although his main search had been to diagnose and cure syphilis. At the Pasteur Institute Dr. Justin Lisle worked in the Laboratory of Elie Metchinkoff from 1898-1903. He had gone to China for the Bubonic Plague outbreak in the 1890s and to North Africa when Tsetse flies ravaged populations by spreading sleeping sickness. His articles debating the diagnosis for Syphilis can be found in the Journal of Dermatology and through Index Medicus. At the time of his death in Paris the highest-ranking Masons in France had escorted his remains back to the United States. His wife Agnes survived him by many years and saw to his research and articles published posthumously. She had contributed his papers to the Parke Davis in Detroit. The couple had maintained homes in both Paris and at 313 West 57th Street in New York City. They both had presumed the name of Lisle in France and had adopted the name of the author of the "La Marseillaise" which they recognized as a distant member of their families. Agne's obituary in the New York Times in October of 1940 listed her name as Mme. Agnes Rouget DeLisle and her late husband's as Justin Rouget DeLisle which is inscribed on his headstone.
Bio by: Trent D. Pendley
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