Anders, James M. (James Meschter), 1854-1936

James Meschter Anders was born on July 22, 1854, in Fairview Village, Pennsylvania.

He was an American physician and author. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1877; PhD.). From 1892 to 1918, he was Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College, which became the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He was active in several hospitals in Philadelphia. In 1900, Dr. Anders was elected Chair of the Medical Section of the American Medical Association, and in 1908, became the President of the International Congress on Tuberculosis. Dr. Anders is the author of the books, "House-plants as sanitary agents" (1887) and "Textbook of medical diagnosis" (1911). He was awarded Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in 1923.

In 1903, he married Margaret Gertrude Wunderlich (1876-1952). He died on August 29, 1936, in Blue Hill Falls, Maine.