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

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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

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

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wx- i s EDGAR FAHS SMITH, PILD., SQD., L1-LD., LLD, Blanchard Professor uf Clwemistry, and Provost of the University