Dr. Reuben Saunders - Paducah, Kentucky
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N 37° 05.240 W 088° 35.818
16S E 358065 N 4105753
Historical marker commemorating historic physician in Paducah.
Waymark Code: WM6E56
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2009
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Dr. Reuben Saunders
On this site stood the office of Reuben Saunders, M.D., credited with discovering that hypodermic use of morphine-atropine halted cholera during epidemic here in 1873. Telegraphed prescription to other plague-stricken areas. Accepted by Materia Medica, world over. Honored by American Medical Association and in Europe. See other side. Marker presented by the McCracken County Medical Society.
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Dr. Reuben Saunders
Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, September 6, 1808. Outstanding pioneer physician in Western Kentucky for fifty years. Discovered treatment for cholera. First to advocate fresh air for pneumonia and tuberculosis. First President, West Ky. Medical Association. Grandfather of Irvin S. Cobb. Died in Paducah, Dec. 13, 1891. See other side. Marker presented by McCracken County Medical Society.