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In Baldwin, as the physician for a sawmill, Lafargue treated accident victims and often performed operations and amputations with [[whisky]] as the only available [[anesthesia]].<ref name=doctors/> Lafargue opened his office in the Paragon Drug Store in Sulphur. He covered an area of some twenty-five miles by horseback, buggy, and later, a Model T [[Ford]].<ref name=doctors/>​

In Baldwin, as the physician for a sawmill, Lafargue treated accident victims and often performed operations and amputations with [[whisky]] as the only available [[anesthesia]].<ref name=doctors/> Lafargue opened his office in the Paragon Drug Store in Sulphur. He covered an area of some twenty-five miles by horseback, buggy, and later, a Model T [[Ford]].<ref name=doctors/>​

In Lake Charles, Lafargue was the Calcasieu Parish health officer from 1934 to 1938. He thereafter served as the Sulphur municipal health officer. He was a director of the Lake Charles Charity Hospital, later known as the W. O. Moss Regional Medical Center, which was merged in 2013 into the Lake Charles Memorial Health System. Dr. Lafargue served on the staff of both St. Patrick and Memorial hospitals. He was instrumental in building the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, of which he was the first president. He was the physician of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1960, he was honored by the Louisiana Medical Society in Baton Rouge for fifty years of physician service, A memorial light was placed on the Sulphur water tower to recognize his delivery of five thousand babies.<ref name=lahist/>

In Lake Charles, Lafargue was the Calcasieu Parish health officer from 1934 to 1938. He thereafter served as the Sulphur municipal health officer. He was a director of the Lake Charles Charity Hospital, later known as the W. O. Moss Regional Medical Center, which was merged in 2013 into the Lake Charles Memorial Health System. Dr. Lafargue served on the staff of both St. Patrick and Memorial hospitals. He was instrumental in building the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, of which he was the first president. He was the physician of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1960, he was honored by the Louisiana Medical Society in Baton Rouge for fifty years of physician service, A memorial light was placed on the Sulphur water tower to recognize his delivery of five thousand babies.<ref name=lahist/> At the ceremony, Lafargue said, "Fifty years of being a doctor adds up into lots of buggy trips on cold nights and hot days, long hours of waiting for babies to be born, tears, laughter, and a heap of satisfaction."<ref name=doctors/>

==Political and civic matters==​

==Political and civic matters==​

An active [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Lafargue was the mayor of Sulphur from 1926 to 1938, only the second mayor to be elected to a four-year term, first in 1926, then 1930 and 1934.<ref>Confirmed by the mayor's office in Sulphur, [[Louisiana]]; ''A Dictionary of Louisiana History'' has his dates of mayoral service as 1926 to 1932, instead of ending in 1938.</ref> during which time he initiated many municipal improvements. The town was in debt, and he made so many visits to a bank in Lake Charles that some said with humor that the people there thought he worked at the bank. In time, Sulphur was put in the financial black.<ref name=doctors/> He also served on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee.<ref name=archives/>​

An active [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Lafargue was the mayor of Sulphur from 1926 to 1938, only the second mayor to be elected to a four-year term, first in 1926, then 1930 and 1934.<ref>Confirmed by the mayor's office in Sulphur, [[Louisiana]]; ''A Dictionary of Louisiana History'' has his dates of mayoral service as 1926 to 1932, instead of ending in 1938.</ref> during which time he initiated many municipal improvements. The town was in debt, and he made so many visits to a bank in Lake Charles that some said with humor that the people there thought he worked at the bank. In time, Sulphur was put in the financial black.<ref name=doctors/> He also served on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee.<ref name=archives/>​