caption death_date death_place specialty birth_place profession birth_date image article_title education name
dr. rovenstine administering an anesthetic november 9 , 1960 new york , usa anesthesiology atwood , indiana , usa physician july 20 , 1895 dr. rovenstine administering an anesthetic.png emery andrew rovenstine
 wabash college , indiana university emery andrew rovenstine
emery andrew rovenstine

emery andrew rovenstine -lrb- 1895 -- 1960 -rrb- was an american anesthesiologist best known for organizing the first academic department of anesthesiology at new york 's bellevue hospital .
he also helped develop the anesthetic use for the gas cyclopropane , and he was a pioneer in therapeutic nerve blocking .
upon his death in 1960 , the new york times proclaimed him `` one of the world 's foremost anesthesiologists . ''
