Harrison Allen (1841–1897) was an American physician and

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, born in

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. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1861, and in 1862 became a

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in the

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and served until the conclusion of the

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in 1865. In 1865 he was made professor of comparative anatomy and medical zoölogy at the

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. He was transferred in 1878 to the chair of

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, which he occupied until 1895. In 1867, he was elected as a member to the

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. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Lansdowne Section, Lot 205, in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Publications

In addition to many papers contributed to medical journals, he authored a number of books: * ''Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoölogy'' (1867) * ''Studies in the Facial Region'' (1874) * An Analysis of the Life Form in Art'' (1875) * ''System of Human Anatomy'' (1880)

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