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At a meeting of the Council of the Royal College o£ Surgeons, 

 Sir Henry Morris, past president and senior member, moved a vote 

 of condolence to the family of the late Lord Lister, to whosc work 

 he paid the following eloquent tribute : 



Surgery has lost her most brilliant Student and her greatest master, 

 England one of her most famous sons, the world one of its most 

 illustrious Citizens. He raised surgery from a dangerous and pre- 

 carious practice to a precise, safe and beneficent art. His methods 

 have been adopted in every country and the benefits which flow from 

 them are blessings conferred on every race of mankind. His per- 

 spicacity, his natural insight, his fertility of resource, his power of 

 close and discriminating Observation, his philosophic reasoning, his 

 inflexible pursuit of truth, his steadfastness of purpose, his capacity for 

 taking pains, his unwearied patience and his undaunted efforts to 

 triumph over difliculties, stamped him as a great example of true and 

 scientific genius. The human sympathy which caused him to deplore 

 the great mortality due to infective surgical disease, his solicitude to 

 prevent suffering and premature death, his patient and unceasing labor 

 to overcome them, his gratification at the ultimate success of his 

 efforts to ameliorate pain and prolong life, eminently distinguish him 

 as a great philanthropist. His gentle nature, his deep compassion, 

 his courteous and dignified bearing, his imperturbable temper, his 

 resolute will, his indifference to ridicule, his tolerance of hostile 

 criticism, combined to make him one of the noblest of men. His 

 work will last for all time; its good results will continue throughout 

 all ages; humanity will bless him forevermore; his fame will be im- 

 mortal. In the fulness of years, after a glorious and satisfying 

 career, crowned with great and various honors, having witnessed 

 the successful completion of his work, the gentle band of Death 

 laid hold on him and Lister passed from among us. His body per- 

 isheth, but the influence of his mind will continue everlastingly. 



It was resolved that this memorial of esteem and admiration be 

 printed, surrounded by the symbol of mourning, in the College 

 minutes and that an inscribed tablet should be placed in a suitable 

 and conspicuous position within the walls of the College, to serve 

 as evidence to future generations of the honor, respect, and rever- 

 ence in which the great founder of aseptic surgery was held. 



Under the terms of his will, Lord Lister requested his nephews, 

 Mr. R. J. Godlee, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and 



