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NATURE 



[February 22, 191 2 



man. That he was conscientious to a dejjree, and 

 considered any matters brought to his notice without 

 any personal bias, is well known to all tliose who 

 had dealings with him. That he never believed ill of 

 anyone I can testify from long association with him ; 

 that those who opposed him were mistaken in their 

 views was only a natural conclusion from the belief 

 that he had in his own, but that any other motive 

 influenced them in opposing him did not enter into 

 his calculations. Above all, he was full of sympathy 

 for suffering humanity. He spent an enormous 

 amount of time in his hospital work, not only in 

 making his observations and in watching the progr^•.^^ 

 of the wounds under different methods of treatment, 

 but also in relieving the suffering of the patients. 

 He was often remonstrated with by the committees 

 of the hospital to which he was attached for keeping 

 patients in the hospital for a very long time, but he 

 looked on the hospital as an institution for curing the 

 patients, and would not let anyone leave so long as 

 he was likely to obtain further benefit from remain- 

 ing in it. When he came to London, there were 

 several patients in his wards in Edinburgh, chiefly 

 cases of spinal disease with abscess, who would natur- 

 ally have been sent home after he left. Rather than 

 allow them to run the risks consequent on that pro- 

 cedure, Lord Lister had several of them transported to 

 London and placed in nursing homes at his own 

 expense, and they were kept there for months, and in 

 one case years, until the disease was cured. 



W. Watson Cheyne. 



Funeral Service in Wesiminster Ahhev. 



Upon the news of Lord Lister's death, the Dean of 

 Westminster (Bishop Ryle) at once offered the signal 

 honour of burial in Westminster Abbey. This, how- 

 ever, was rendered impossible by the circumstance 

 that it was Lord Lister's wish that he should be laid 

 to rest at West Hampstead Cemetery, where his wife 

 had been interred in 1893. Accordingly, the decision 

 was taken to hold a funeral service, and to accord 

 the full ceremonial which would have attended an 

 actual burial within the Abbey had that been practic- 

 able. 



The body was taken to the Abbey on the evening 

 of Thursday last, in the charge of the near relatives, 

 being received by the Dean and clergy. It was then 

 deposited in the Chapel of St. Faith, where an offer- 

 ing of prayer was held. 



Impressive indeed was the funeral service next day. 

 The King was represented by Sir Frederick Treves. 

 Queen Alexandra by Sir Francis Laking, and Princess 

 Louise (Duchess of Argyll) by Mr. Oswald Balfour. 

 The Prime Minister, Lord Lansdowne, the Lord 

 Mayor of London, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh 

 attended. A gathering representative of the Corps 

 Diplomatique, Government departments, British 

 universities, scientific and medical societies, and many 

 private individuals, all drawn by the same desire to 

 pay a final tribute of respect, filled the Abbey in every 

 available part. 



The foreign delegates who attended were : — 



M. Gabriel Lippmann, For.Mem.R.S., president, Paris 

 Academy of Sciences, with Profs. Chaveau, For.Mem.R.S.. 

 Dastre, and Roux ; Prof. Pozzi, .Academy of Medicine. 

 Paris; Prof. E. Roux, Pasteur Institute; Prof. Garr^. 

 president, German Congress of Surgeons ; Prof. H. Treub, 

 Dutch Medical Society, Amsterdam, and University of 

 Amsterdam. 



Many foreign learned societies were also repre- 

 sented, in addition to the foregoing, through the 

 nomination of men of science in this countrv. 



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On the part of the Royal Society there were pre- 

 sent : — 



Sir .Archibald (i«iki<" (president, who took part as a pal! 

 bearer) ; Sir .\lfr»d K<mpe (treasurer) ; Sir Joseph I^rmoi 

 and Sir John Brjidford (secretaries); Sir William Crooke^, 

 CM. (fori'ign secretary); Dr. Lazarus Fletcher; and Sir 

 John Kirk. 



The pall-bearers and chief mourners were as sub- 

 joined : — 



VaXl Bearers. 



I. Mil Rayleigh, O..M. (past president of the Roy.il 

 ^niiiiN, and Order of .Merit); I>ord Rosebery (Chancellor 

 of the University of London) ; Lord Iveagh (Lister Insti- 

 tute) ; Sir Archibald Geikie (president of the Royal Society) . 

 Principal Sir Donald Mac.Alister (University of Glasgow) , 

 Sir Watson Cheyne (King's College, London); Mr. R. J. 

 Godlee (president of the Royal College of Surgeons) ; Prof. 

 Francis M. Caird (University of Edinburgh). 



Sir Hector Cameron (University of Glasgow), who was 

 to have been a pall bearer, was prevented by illness from 

 fulfilling the duty. 



Chief Mourners. 



Mr. J. J. Lister, F.R.S., Dr. .Arthur Lister, Miss I-isier, 

 Mr. R. G. Godlee, Mr. J. Lister Godlee, Mr. Lister Harri- 

 son, Mrs. Phear, Colonel and Mrs. Montagu Broun, Mr. 

 P. Godlee, and Miss Christina Godlee. 



At the Chapter House a procession was formed, 

 comprising the chief mourners and immediate friends, 

 together with representatives specially designated 

 from civic, learned, and other institutions. Preceded 

 by the choir and officiating clergy, the coffin was 

 borne through the Cloisters from the Chajjel of St. 

 Faith, the while the hymn " Brief life is here our 

 portion " was sung. From the nave to the choir the 

 opening sentences of the Burial Service were sung, in 

 procession, to the setting by Dr. Croft. The coffin 

 was deposited temporarily on a high catafalque at the 

 steps of the altar. On the pall lay the insignia of 

 the Order of Merit, Knight of the Prussian Order 

 "pour le M^rite," and Knight Grand Cross of the 

 Order Danebrog. 



A wreath of orchids and lilies, sent by the German 

 Emperor, and brought to the Abbey by his Excellency 

 the German Ambassador, was carried before the bier 

 on its way to the choir. Floral tributes came also 

 from the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the German Society 

 of Surgery, and Dutch Medical Society. 



.After the lesson, an anthem by Handel was sung. 

 Composed for the funeral of Queen Caroline in 1737, 

 it was chosen for the special appropriateness of the 

 words. These are appended: — "When the ear heard 

 him, then it blessed him : and when the eye saw 

 him, it gave witness of him. He delivered the poor 

 that cried : the fatherless and him that had none to 

 help him. Kindness, meekness, and comfort were in 

 his tongue. If there was any virtue, and if there was 

 any praise, he thought on those things. His body is 

 buried in peace, but his name liveth evermore." 

 Goss's anthem, " I heard a voice," followed. 



At the conclusion of the ser\ice, and whilst the 

 coffin was being borne from the .Abbey, the " Dead 

 March " in Saul was played by Sir Frederick Bridge. 



The following acted as stewards in the choir, tran- 

 septs, and Chapter House : — 



King's College Hospital : Dr. Gillett. Major Lvne, A. C. 

 McAllister. G. Matthews, H. P. Morton, V. E. Negus, 

 11. A. Richards. 



I'liivrrsitv College Hospital: Dr. Chubb, Dr. Cowell, 

 A. Courts, IT. Waller. G. E. O. Williams. 



Royal Society : T. E. James. F. A. TowIp. A. H. Whit.-. 



Simultaneously with the rites in the Abbey, a memo- 

 rial service was held in St. Giles's Cathedral, Edin- 



