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him several times and stayed some days each visit. He used to 

 bring or send an ambulance for me, and I remember the pleasure 

 I had in the country, going there. I was much struck with the ad- 

 ministrative ability he displayed. Remember that he was a very 

 young man for such a place as he held, having a considerable staff 

 of assistants, all of whom, I think, were older than himself. He was 

 a rigid disciplinarian, and I heard he was complained of for keep- 

 ing aloof from his staff, but I am inclined to think he was wise in 

 doing so. He did not join with the hospital surgeons' mess, but 

 had his meals served in a pleasant room, taking them alone or with 

 members of his staff or others whom he specially invited for each 

 occasion. His companionship was certainly very congenial to me, 

 and I presume, from the frequency and urgency of his invitations, 

 mine was to him. Our discussions were by no means confined to 

 medicine or even zoology. They embraced a wide range of subjects, 

 and I was often surprised to learn how multifarious were his sym- 

 pathies and how wide his range of reading." 



On his return to Philadelphia he made an earnest but dignified 

 canvass for the Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 

 in the Auxiliary Faculty of Medicine of the University, just then 

 endowed by Dr. George B. Wood. He was endorsed by strong 

 letters from American and foreign naturalists who recognized the 

 merit of his published works. He had no social backing ; the influ- 

 ence he brought to bear on the Trustees of the University was 

 legitimately based on his standing as a zoologist, and was in marked 

 contrast to the campaign of at least one of his competitors. 



Dr. Allen was the successful candidate. He held the position to 

 which he was then elected until 1879. His lectures on medical 

 zoology were so well received that, at the request of the class, he pre- 

 pared his Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology, 

 the publication of which was, however, owing to professional en- 

 gagements, delayed until 1869. The volume is by no means the 

 least important of the author's works, and it is of special interest in 

 the present connection inasmuch as the chapters on Hemiptera and 

 and Cantharis were contributed by Dr. Horn. 



In the latter part of 1876, Dr. Francis Gurney Smith, the Profes- 

 sor of the Institutes of Medicine in the University, was unable to con- 

 tinue his course of lectures which was completed by Dr. Henry C. 

 Chapman. The course of 1877-78 was delivered by Dr. James 

 Tyson. On his resignation at the end of that term Dr. Allen was 



