Reuben
Saunders

September 6, 1808 - December 13, 1891

Frankfort, Kentucky

Physician and Grandfather of Irvin Cobb. He discovered that the hypodermic use of morphine-atropine halted cholera during the Paducah, Kentucky epidemic of 1873. He was also the first to advocate fresh air for pneumonia and tuberculosis. He was honored by Medical Associations in both the United States and Europe.