Yarrow, H. C. (Henry Crecy), 1840-1929.

Born in Philadelphia, Yarrow received his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1861. He joined the 5th Pennsylvania cavalry as an assistant surgeon during the Civil War. After the war he accompanied Lt. Wheeler's expedition exploring territory west of the 100th meridian. Yarrow became an instructor at the Columbian University's school of medicine and curator of the Department of Reptiles at the United States National Museum in Washington, D.C. He wrote Study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians (1881).

From the description of H.C. Yarrow correspondence, 1870-1904. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14313207

Born in Philadelphia, Yarrow completed his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1861. He joined the 5th Pennsylvania cavalry as an assistant surgeon during the Civil War. After the war he accompanied Lt. Wheeler's expedition exploring territory west of the 100th meridian. Yarrow became an instructor at the Columbian University's school of medicine and curator of the Department of Reptiles at the United States National Museum in Washington, D.C.

He wrote Study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians (1881).

From the guide to the H.C. Yarrow Correspondence, 1863-1906, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)