6 APRIL 1907, Page 3

Lord Lister attained his eightieth birthday on Friday, and at

a meeting convened by the Lister Institute at the Royal College of Surgeons on Thursday it was resolved to com- memorate the anniversary by republishing his works. Tele- grams from the Continent make it clear that Lord Lister's epoch-making services to humanity are as freely recognised throughout the civilised world as in the country which bails him as one of her greatest eons.