University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - Scalpel Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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EBL Simon 3. 3. itaarget 'ALf' R. Sl.MON tl.. Fl. l'lfX,ltGElt was born Qlune 18, 1865, in Hechtown, H Pennsylvania. -lr-le rece1ved his early education 111 the public schools and finished his English education at the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa., in 1884. He then entered the 8 University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Department, matriculating with the lirst class and graduating with honors in 1887. As a student he was diligent in his work, showing a grasp of the more diiiicult subjects that marked him as a true student. His aptitude for anatomy and his excellent markings won for him a place as Demonstrator of, Veterinary Anatomy in 1887. Four years later he was made Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Zootechnics, a position which he held with marked honor and rendered distin- fruished services to his Alma Mater. ln 1895 the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania passed a law creating the State Board of 'Veterinary Medical Examiners, of which Dr. Harger was G 1f'resident and Secretary-Treasurer until 1899. lfle translated the work of Goubaux and Barrier on The Exterior of the Horse. which was well received and much appreciated by the profession. He edited the Veterinary Magazine from 1894 to 1897. 8 He was always engaged in general practice and did much in the sphere of surgery. ln this held he was one of the leaders in demonstrating the value of the newer major operations, and he contributed to veterinary literature and the pro- fession at large the frankest expressions of the results obtained. As a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Keystone Veterinary Medi- cal ,-Xssociations, he was a valuable contributor and always presented his subjects in the most thoroughly prepared manner. Dr. lrlarger was somewhat retiring in nature, kind in disposition, modest in demeanor and ever held a warm place in the hearts of the many graduates of the Veterinary School by his devoted work in the field of anatomy, as a clinician. and by affording the student body the benefit of observing his many demonstrations of operative surgery. The State, lnstitution and profession sustained a great loss in the death of this eminent scholar, teacher and writer. T9

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SIMON J. J. I'I.'XRGER, V.M.D

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Louis A. KLEIN, V.M.D. DEAN ov THE FACULTY ov V1z'r15R1N,x1w BQIEDKICINEQ PROFESSOR OF WIIL1' H' f '- - ' ' 1 X XGILINE AAD PHARMACOLOGX 1