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'''George L Lefevre''' Copyright 2007 by Will Johnson [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist Tonight (Apr 13, 2007) I was listening to George Noory on http://www.coasttocoastam.com and his guest was talking about the death of Harry Houdini the magician. Some of the things the guest was saying I'd never heard before, so I started reading the New York Times archives about Harry Houdini. As I was reading dozens of articles about him, I came across the [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=591&did=98401616&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1176453103&clientId=54310 one] which mentions this doctor Lefevre. I'm fairly sure I heard the guest state that while Harry was in the hospital, a doctor Lefevre gave him an injection of something and that nobody is quite sure who this doctor was or what the injection was. The article states "George L Lefevre of Muskegon, Mich, a noted surgeon" and "A new serum perfected in a Detroit laboratory was used for the first time on Harry Houdini, the magician, to check peritonitis..." ==Secondary sources== *[http://www.homeoint.org/history/bio/f/fevregll.htm A biography of George Lefevre] on Homeoint.org *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimcgs/infol.html Obituary of George Lefevre] at the Muskegon County Genealogical Society
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