Testimonials in favour of Martin Barry, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., ... as a candidate for the vacant chair of the Institutes of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh.

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[1848]
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    Edinburgh [New] Philosophical Journal. Dr Barry first enun- ciated the important principle, that the only sure basis for zoo- logical classification is to be found in the history of develop- ment,—a principle which is now rapidly becoming recognised by the most eminent and philosophical zoologists of the day ; and the adoption of which seems likely to be one of the most important steps that has ever been made in this department of science. It is quite superfluous for me to express my very high appreciation of Dr Barry’s Researches on Embryology, pub- lished in the Philosophical Transactions ; since they are well known to every Physiologist, and have been honoured by the award of the Royal Medal from the Royal Society. But it is right that I should state, that they not only added greatly to our knowledge of the early stages of the development of the Mammalian Ovum, but that they rectified most important errors in the views then prevalent respecting the history of Cell development,—a department of research which lies at the foundation of the whole science of Physiology ; and gave a new direction to the enquiry which has since led to most important results. The energy and disinterestedness with which Dr Barry has devoted his rare powers to the pursuit of science, cannot but be felt as giving him a strong claim to the Professorship now vacant in the University of Edinburgh. WILLIAM B. CARPENTER. From Bransby B. Cooper, Esq., F.R.S., &c., Lecturer on Anatomy at Guy's Hospital, London. New Street, 8th June 1848. It seems but a matter of supererogation for me to bear testimony to the fitness of Dr Martin Barry to fill the si- tuation of Professor of Medicine in the University of Edin- burgh. Dr Barry’s well-known character as a Physiologist, ac- knowledged and sustained by the universal esteem in which his published works are held, afford to the Council of the