Barry, MARTIN

Barry, MARTIN, a physiologist of eminence, was born at Fratton, Hampshire, in 1802. He studied at the medical schools of London, and at several on the Continent, and took his degree of M.D. in Edinburgh in 1833. He wrote much on physiological subjects, and especially on animal development and embryology. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1840. In 1844 he was appointed house-surgeon to the Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh. His means being ample, he gave his professional services largely to the poor. In 1853 he settled at Beccles, in Suffolk, where he died in April 1855.