James Tayloe Gwathmey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Tayloe Gwathmey
American physician
Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1862
Place of Birth: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1944
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About James Tayloe Gwathmey
- James Tayloe Gwathmey, M.D.
- (September 10, 1862—February 11, 1944) was an American physician and the first president of the American Association of Anesthetics (now the International Anesthesia Research Society).
- A pioneer of early anesthetic devices for medical use, he co-authored the first comprehensive textbook on the subject of medical anesthetics, titled Anesthesia, which was published in 1914.
- For this and other contributions to anesthesiology, which included innovations in administering anesthetics to war wounded and in obstetrics, Gwathmey was hailed at the time of his death as the "Father of Modern Anesthesia."
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