Harrison Allen

Harrison Allen ( born April 17, 1841 in Philadelphia, † November 14, 1897 ) was an American physician and anatomist. He was one of the pioneer researchers of the Paleopathology in the Pacific.

Life

As a child, Allen showed a keen interest in natural history and science. Although not originally from a wealthy family, he completed his general and dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania, which he successfully completed in 1861. During his studies he learned Joseph Leidy (1823-1891) know, a well-known paleontologist, anatomist, anthropologist and pupil and successor of Samuel Morton ( 1799-1851 ). From 1862 until the end of the civil war in 1865, Allen served as a physician and surgeon in the United States Army in Washington, DC In 1869 he married Julia A. Colton, with whom he had a son and a daughter. After leaving the army, Allen went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked as a professor of zoology, comparative anatomy and physiology until 1895. He also was the first curator in 1893 Wistar Institute of the University of Pennsylvania. Allen has published numerous monographs, scientific articles and books, including 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) and A Study of Hawaiian Skulls. This work, which was published posthumously in 1898, is a study of 65 skulls that were discovered in Hawaiian caves and coastal locations and are in the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Princeton University and Harvard University. These skulls are among the earliest human skeletal remains of the Hawaiian Islands. Allen palaeopathological observations were very detailed and extensive. They include descriptions and line drawings selected from osteoporosis, osteitis ( bone suppuration ) of the hyperostosis of the temporomandibular joint head of maxillary and dental enamel defects and dental anomalies. With consideration of the cranial features and dimensions compared to all the cave skulls with skulls coast, where he former zuwies the nobles and the latter to the ordinary citizens. He also found Distinguish in both data sets. Allen was primarily interested in the extent to which a particular disease affects the skull morphology, rather than from the disease itself In addition to his anatomical research described Allen several new species of bat.

Allen died at the age of 56 of heart failure.

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