The Biographical Dictionary of America/Allen, Harrison

ALLEN, Harrison, physician, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1841; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Justice (Thomas) Allen, grandson of David and a descendant in the sixth generation from Samuel Allen of Bristol, England, and Bristol Pa., 1682. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., in 1861, served in the army, 1861-'65, resigned in 1865 with the brevet rank of major, and went to the University of Pennsylvania as professor of comparative anatomy and medical zoölogy, and afterwards of physiology. He also acted as professor of anatomy and surgery in the Philadelphia Dental college, and as surgeon and secretary to the Philadelphia hospital. He contributed to medical journals, writing chiefly on osteomyelitis, human anatomy, and morbid anatomy. His publications are: "Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoölogy" (1868); "Studies in the Facial Region" (1869); "An Analysis of the Life-form in Art" (1875); "Monograph on the Bats of North America" (1864); "Localization of Diseased Action in the Œsophagus" (1877); "The Temporal and Masseter Muscles of Mammals" (1880); "System of Human Anatomy" (1882); "Motions of the Soft Palate" (1884); "A Clinical Study of the Skull" (1890); "Embryos of Bats" (1895). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 14, 1897.