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

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KARL FRTEDRICH MEYER, D.V.S., D.V.M Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Bacteriology

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Er. bimun 3. 3. Jiaarger R. SIMON I. HARGER was born June 18, 1865, in Hechtown, 1 U ' V . . . , . . Q Pennsylvania. He received his early education in the public schools and finished his English education at the Keystone State ml, UQ, 1 . 7 Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa., in 1884. l-le then entered the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Department, matriculating with the hrst class and graduating with honors in 1887. As a student he was diligent in his work, showing a grasp of the more diffi- cult 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 Anat- omy in 1887. Four years later he was made Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Zootechnics, a position which he held with marked honor, and rendered dis- tinguished services to his Alma Mater. In 1895 the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania passed a law creating the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, of which Dr. Harger was President and Secretary-ilfreasurer until 1899. He 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 Magazineu from 1894 to 1897. Y He was always engaged in general practice and did much in the sphere of surgery. In 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 Associations, he was a valuable contributor and always presented his subjects in the most thoroughly prepared manner. Dr. Harger 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 beneht of observing his many demonstrations of operative surgery. The State, Institution and profession sustained a great loss in the death of this eminent scholar, teacher and writer. 23

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Ztiarl jrzherirb jllleper, E. W. 51111. tiurinbl R. KARL ERIEDRICH MEYER was born in Bale, Switzerland. H He was educated in the local schools, and preparebd in the gym- QQ nasium at Bale for the study of the natural sciences and medi- nf cine. During 1901-02 he took courses in Zoology and biology underithe faculty in the Department of Philosophy at the Uni- versity of Bale. He then entered the University of Zurich, where he continued his study in zoology and comparative anatomy, and also be- gan the study of veterinary medicine, taking special courses in the laboratories under Professor D. A. Lang. In 190-L he entered the University of Munich, Germany, where he took special laboratory work in chemistry under Professor von Mueller and Professor Meyer, and special courses and laboratory work under Professor Kitt. After a brief visit to the bacteriological- and veterinary institutes of Vienna, he entered the University in Berne, where he received his Federal State diploma. At Berne he became assistant to Professor Ernst Hess, and subsequently assistant to Professor Kolle in the Berne Institute for the Study of lnfectious Diseases. He was also temporary assistant in the Laboratory of the Abattoirs at Bale, and did valuable research work in pathology. ln 1903 the degree of D.V.M. was conferred upon him at Zurich. After considerable research work in Vienna, Paris and Berlin, he was appointed pathologist to the Transvaal Gov- ernment, and later govermnent veterinarian in the Bacteriological Laboratories of Pretoria, South Africa. ln 1910 Dr. Meyer accepted the position as Assistant Professor of Veter- inary Pathology in the University of Pennsylvania, and came from the Trans- vaal, South Africa, where for the past tivo years he was pathologist for the De- partment of Agriculture. He has traveled much along the east coast of Africa, and is a member of the Dutsche Gesellschaft fur Zuchtungs Kunde, Pathological Society of Philadelphia, American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, United States Livestock Sanitary Association, American Veterinary Medical Association, Pennsylvania State Veterinary Association, and Wfestern Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical As- sociation. 25