Testimonials in favour of William Stirling..., candidate for the Chair of Institutes of Medicine in the University of Aberdeen.

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[1877?]
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Credit: Testimonials in favour of William Stirling..., candidate for the Chair of Institutes of Medicine in the University of Aberdeen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VII.—From JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, M.D, F.R.S. ; Secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Frofessor of Medicine and Botany, and Dean of the Medical Faculty, in the University of Edinburgh. June 26, 1877. I have had the pleasure of being intimately acquainted with Dr William Stirling during his whole career at the University of Edinburgh, and I have no hesitation in saying that he is one of our most distinguished graduates both in medicine and science. He took the degree of M.B. in 1872, with First-Class Honours, and was awarded the Ettles Prize as being the best graduate of the year. Dr Stirling also gained the Baxter Scholarship in Science, and the Falconer Fellowship in Geo¬ logy. In 1875 he was awarded the gold medal of the Uni¬ versity of Edinburgh for his thesis containing the results of original investigations. He received the degree of Doctor of Science in the Department of Physiology with First-Class Honours. He assisted the late Professor Bennett during part of his course of Physiology; and he has during the last three years acted as Assistant to Professor Rutherford. Dr Stirling has prosecuted his physiological studies at the schools both of France and of Germany, and more especially at the Physiological Laboratory at Leipsic, under Professor Ludwig. He has published valuable physiological papers, both in German and in English, and he has given important contributions to the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. Dr Stirling has also proved himself a successful lecturer and demonstrator in Physiology, and he has conducted exa¬ minations in science, under the direction of the Highland and Agricultural Society. I consider Dr Stirling to be in every respect highly quali¬ fied for the Chair of Institutes of Medicine in the University of Aberdeen. J. H. BALFOUR.
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