Lewis D. (Lewis Davis) Harlow

Born in Vermont in 1818, Lewis D. Harlow was an American physician and writer who later made his career in Philadelphia. A medical reference page identifies him as Lewis Davis Harlow, notes that he studied at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and records his death in Philadelphia in 1895.

Harlow worked in obstetrics and was listed as a professor at the Philadelphia College of Medicine and Surgery. His surviving literary reputation rests largely on Tuffy Todd's Adventure (1886), a light, dog-centered narrative that was printed for private circulation and has since been preserved in public-domain archives.

Although not a widely documented literary figure, he is an interesting example of a 19th-century professional author whose medical career and literary work overlapped. The small amount of reliable information available suggests a life rooted in medicine, teaching, and the kind of modest storytelling that sometimes outlives far more ambitious books.