YARROW, Harry Crecy, American physi cian: b. Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Nov. 1840. Ile was educated in the schools of his native city and at Geneva, Switzerland, and in 1861 was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. His first service connection with the Union Army vsas as ex amining surgeon for the Pennsylvania reserve corps. On 18 July 11361, he was regularly mus tered in as assistant surgeon of the Fifth Penn sylvania cavalry, known as the 'Cameron He was in action at Drams% illy, Va., in December 1R61, and several minor engagements, and the following month resigned to accept a position of acting assistant surgeon and executive officer in the United States army general hospital at Philadelphia, where he re mained late in the year 1864, when he was de tailed, with other surgeons, for service at I films. Head, S. C., in anticipation of the fall of Fort Sumter. In July 1872 he resumed service with the Engineer Corps as surgeon and naturalist with the expedition for explorations west of the 100th meridian. In 1876 Dr. Yar
row was ordered to the Centennial Army Hos pital at Philadelphia and in 1878 was assigned to duty, in the Army Medical Museum at Waih ington, where he remained until 1887. He was then attached to the Army Dispensary in Wash ington and was connected with that institution until when he resigned. In the meantime lie was for 15 years honorary curator of the Department of Herpetology in the NatiiiTial Museum at Washington. He has been a member of the medical faculty of the George Wash ington University for over 20 years, and was Y a trustee of that organization. Dr. arrow is a member of various medical and scientific asso ciations. He is the author of 'Study of Mortu ary Customs among the North American In dians,' and has written a number of valuable papers on biological, medical and ethnological subjects.