Testimonials in support of the application of John B. Cowan, M.D. ... : candidate for the Chair of Materia Medica in the University of Glasgow.

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[1865]
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    expressing- the high opinion 1 entertain of his acquire- ments—both professional and literary—and of his excellent talents, which he has cultivated by close and well-regulated a]‘plication. Du. Cowan has been engaged for several years in the active practice of his profession, and also in teach- ing two of its most important branches—Medical Jurisprudence and Practice of Medicine. His powers of communicating knowledge have thus been most amply and successfully tested. This circumstance, taken in combination with his extensive and accurate knowledge of all the branches of his profession, his studious habits, and his sound judgment, qualify him, in my opinion, in the highest degree, for performing the duties which devolve on the Professor of Materia Medica, and to maintain and extend the reputation of the Medical School of our University. J. G. FLEMING, M.D. From William Stokes, M.D., D.C.L., Oxon., Physician in Ordinary to die Queen in Ireland, and Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Dublin. \ 5 Mf.rrion Square, Dublin, November 15, 1865. 1 beg to offer my testimony as to the scientific attainments of Dr. John Black Cowan, and to the fitness of his appointment to the Chair of Materia Medica in the University of Glasgow. For the Pro- fessorship in question Dr. Cowan, in my judgment, possesses qualifications of great weight. Of these not