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mercury, less brandy ; and so forth. Even so late 

 as 1877, when he came from Edinburgh to London 

 to be Professor of Surgery at King's College, it was 

 still to be criticised, for a few years more. He 

 kept himself from all wasteful talking and writing : 

 he gave himself, body and soul, to the perfecting, 

 in science and in practice, of surgery. Slowly, in 

 Glasgow, in Edinburgh, in London, he thought 

 out, proved, and made know r n this or that new 

 operation, this or that new device : the chromicised 

 ligature, the sal-alembroth and cyanide gauzes. 

 In 1893, the death of Lady Lister they had no 

 children took the light out of his life. The whole 

 world was honouring him : no man of science has 

 ever had more love, more worship : for nineteen 

 years, she was not there to be pleased with it all. 

 The sense of loneliness deepened in him, through 

 the later years. He died on February 10, 1912. 

 To recall him, is to think, first, of the dignity, 

 gentleness, and refinement of his face : its delicate 

 colouring, the tranquil, almost dreaming, look of 

 his eyes: the lines of the mouth were soft, and 

 might even be considered weak by those observers 

 of mankind who admire thin, tight-lipped faces : 

 there was none of the tragical and sombre intensity 

 which was in Pasteur's face : but a wonderfully 

 quiet, wise, and kind expression. His voice was 

 soft, and free from self -consciousness, and almost 



