Record

Reference numberNLB/7/180
Alternative reference numberNLB/7 p86
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Lister, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date14 December 1892
DescriptionThe Section de Médecine et de Chirurgie de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, will celebrate the 70th birthday of Monsieur Pasteur on the 27th. The ceremony will take place in Paris in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne at 10.30am. Rix is instructed by the Officers to enquire whether it would be agreeable to Lister to represent the Royal Society on that occasion. Asks for answer by return of post.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
NA6990Pasteur; Louis (1822 - 1895)1822 - 1895
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