David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ John Dufray, M.D., was a doctor of medicine of Montpellier of 1668. He was a French Protestant refugee who lost all he had by the persecution in France. He applied to the College on 5th June 1688, praying to be examined and admitted, and to have his subscription money forgiven; which was readily agreed on in favour to such a distressed foreigner. ”

“ His fame as a physician reached Dublin, aad he received an offer from that capital of £200 a-year for life if he would accept the charge of their greatest hospital. His refusal was regarded as a great compliment at Waterford, and he received the freedom of that city for himself and his heirs for ever, and also (tradition says) more substantial rewards. ”

“ Peter Silvestre was born at Bourdeaux, about the year 1662, being the son of Daniel Silvestre, procurator to the Parliament of Bourdeaux; he and all his family were Protestants. His college education commenced at Guienne, where he passed his philosophy under Mons. Vaudrel. He studied at Montpellier under Mons. Barberiac. He excelled in anatomy, and took his medical degree at the age of twenty-one. ”

“ IV. Medical Men.
1. We may begin this section with a Huguenot martyr who would have been a refugee if he could, and whose ancestor fled from a persecution of English Protestants. Pierre Baril, maitre-chirurgeon, was a son or grandson of an English medical student, named Barry, who fled from the fires kindled by our Bloody Queen Mary. Dr. Baril married Madelaine Caillard, and had a son, Josias, who was born at Houdan, and a daughter, Elizabeth; both children emigrated to England. ”