FOURTEENTH AWARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN 

 MEDAL AND GRANT. 



(Fund raised by Members of the British Association in Commemoration 

 of their visit to South Africa in 1905.) 



After the conclusion of the Presidental Address, in the Arthur 

 Smith Hall of the Technical College, Durban, on Monday, July 11th, 

 1921, the President, Professor J. E. Duerden, presented the South 

 Africa Medal, together with a grant of £50, to Sir Frederick 

 Spencer Lister, Kt., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Research Bacteriologist to 

 the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg. In 

 making the presentation, the President said:-*- 



Sir Spencer Lister was educated at Barton School, Wisbech. 

 England. He received his medical education at St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital, London. He obtained the qualification M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 

 of the " Conjoint Board," in 1905. He has been Research Bacteriologist 

 to the South African Institute for Medical Research since its opening 

 in 1914. ^ 



Sir Spencer Lister has especially worked on the differentiation of 

 the Pneumococci responsible for Lobar Pneumonia into many immuno- 

 logically distinct groups, and the successful application of this dis- 

 covery to the artificial production of immunity against that disease 

 in human beings. The continuance of research upon lines which lead 

 from Sir Spencer Lister's discoveries will, in all probability, result in 

 a still further advancement of our knowledge of pneumococcal infec- 

 tions in man, and still further benefits of a practical character to the 

 human race. 



Amongst other publications, the following are the more import- 

 ant : — 



" Specific Serological Reactions with Pneumococci from different 

 Sources." December, 1913. Publications of South African Institute 

 for Medical Research. Memoir No. 2. 



"An Experimental Study of Prophylactic Inoculation against 

 Pneumococcal Infection in the Rabbit and in Man." October, 1916. 

 Ibidem. No. VIII. 



"(1) Lysed Bacterial Serum. (2) Further Observations on Pianti- 

 cation. (3) A Note on Phagocytosis in the Absence of Serum." With 

 A. R. Friel. April, 1917. Ibidem. No. IX. 



"Prophylactic Inoculation of Man against Pneumococcal Infec- 

 tions, and more particularly against Lobar Pneumonia." November, 

 1917. Ibidem. No. X. 



"Observations and Experimental Investigations in Epidemic 

 Influenza." With Dr. E. Taylor. April_ 1919. Ibidem. No. XII. 



"A Form of Crural Ulcer occurring "in Natives due to a Specific 

 infection." September, 1911. Medical Journal of South Africa. 



Vol. VII, pp. 25-26. 



Previous Recipients. 



1908. Gtahamstown.— Arnold Theiler, C.M.G., V.M.D., Bacteriologist 



to the Transvaal Government, Pretoria. 



1909. Bloemfuntein — Hairy Bolus, D.Sc, F.L.S., of ShonvooJ 



Kenilworth, Cape Division. 



1910. Capetown.— John Carruthers Beattie, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., Pro- 



fessor of Physics, South African College, Capetown. 



1911. Bulawayo.— Louis Peringuey, D.Sc, F.E.S., F.Z.S , Directo • 



of the South African Museum, Capetown. 



1912. Port Elizabeth.— Alexander William Roberts, D.Sc, F.R.A.S., 



E.R.S.E.. of Lovedale Observatory, Cape Province. 



