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Portrait of Timothy Field Allen, A.M., M.D., LL.D., 1837-1902

Works by Timothy Field Allen

Allen, Timothy Field. The Characeae of America Part I. New York Academy of Sciences. 1888.
Allen, Timothy Field. The Characeae of America Part II. New York Academy of Sciences. 1888.
The encyclopedia of pure materia medica; a record of the positive effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism.
Volume 7
The encyclopedia of pure materia medica; a record of the positive effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism.
Volume 8
The encyclopedia of pure materia medica; [microform] a record of the positive effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism (1879)
Volume 10
Allen, Timothy F. A Handbook of Materia Medica and Homoeopathic Therapeutics. Philadelphia : F.E. Boericke. 1889.
Allen, Timothy Field. Ophthalmic Therapeutics. New York, Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1876.
Allen, Timothy F. A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homoeopathy. Philadelphia, Boericke & Tafel. 1892.
General Symptom Register of Pure Materia Medica.
The Effects of Lead Upon the Health.
Critical Examination of Materia Medica.
Contribution to the Study of Human Milk.
The Relative Value of Symptoms.
Japanese Characeae.
Notes of the American Species of Tolypella.
Three New Charas from California.
Observations on Some American Forms of Chara Coronata.
Ophthalmic Therapeutics
2nd edition, 1882, Boericke & Tafel.

Brief Biographical Sketch

Birth: April 24, 1837, Westminster, VT
Death: December 5, 1902

NYMC History:

President, Board of Trustees, 1900-1901.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1893-1899, 1901-1902.
Dean, New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1882-1893.
Professor, Therapeutics and Materia Medica, New York Homeopathic Medical College, appointed 1871.
Professor, Anatomy, New York Homeopathic Medical College, appointed 1867.
Son, Paul Allen, graduated from New York Medical College, 1889.

Additional Biographical Information:

Member of the Corporation, New York Botanical Garden, 1891-1902.
Co-editor, New York Journal of Homeopathy, 1873-74.
Co-editor, United States Medical and Surgical Journal, 1867-70.
Member, Board of Trustees, State Homeopathic Insane Asylum in Middletown, New York, 1870-1874.
Vice President, Torrey Botanical Club, 1873-1902.
Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, 1862-1864.
Graduate, New York University, 1861 (M.D.).
Graduate, Amherst College, 1858, 1861(A.M.), 1885 (LL.D.).

Selected Biographical Articles

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Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons (1893).
pp. 427-428.
Britton, N.L. (1903). Timothy Field Allen. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club,
30(3): 173-177.
Death of Timothy Field Allen
Journal of the New York Botanical Garden vol. 3, no. 36. December 1902, p. 232.
Biography
Chironian v.15 (1898-99). p. 12.
Porter, Eugene H. (1903). Unveiling of portraits of the Hon. Roswell Pettibone Flower, Dr. Timothy Field Allen, and Dr. William Tod Helmuth at New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. [Notes and comments]. North American Journal of Homeopathy,

Additional Images and Scans

In Memoriam: Timothy Field Allen, A.M., M.D., LL. D.
The Forty-Fourth Annual Announcement of the Educational Department of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Session of 1903-1904.
Tribute of Respect from the Directors of the New York Ophthalmic Hospital. The Chironian. Vol. 20, N