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became involved as chair of the governing body in 1973–74, at which point he became aware of the difficult financial problems. The endowment funds were insufficient to cover their requirements and it failed to get Government support. Neuberger came to the conclusion that within five to six years it

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More than a year passed before sufficient monies could be collected to fund its operation. In early 1893, the council of the Royal College of Surgeons began looking for suitable premises. The institute was first hosted at rooms at the College of State Medicine in Great Russell Street in London

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where it was agreed to send a sum of money to the Pasteur, as an expression of gratitude for his work. Two thousand pounds was raised and forwarded to Pasteur on 6 November 1889. A further discussion was scheduled, leading to the formation of an executive committee where it was decided that an

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maps as the Lister Institute, though more recently the Master Atlas of Greater London (2007) shows it as 'laboratories'. Many of the original buildings still exist including one of the old lodges (Queensbury) and the old stable block. The site now houses the

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was the director. The institute had continual annual deficits. Evans was unable to avoid closure of the Chelsea Laboratory and there was the need for major expenditure to modernise the

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for chemistry in 1929. The institute played a major part in defining the role of vitamins in post-war nutritional deficiency diseases that were widespread in Europe and elsewhere.

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in Paris was created. It gradually dawned on the British public and the government that between 1885 and 1889, more than 200 people had been sent to Pasteur for rabies treatment.

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The British Institute of Preventive Medicine was established in 1891. In 1903, it was renamed The Lister Institute in honour of the great surgeon and medical pioneer,

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Until the 1970s the institute maintained laboratories and conducted research on infectious disease and vaccines. It was funded by manufacturing and selling vaccines.

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dogs were brought to Pasteur for examination and it was further two years before Pasteur began to methodically study the disease. By 1885, Pasteur had developed the

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in the early 20th century the method of transmission was established when a female worker put her hand into a flea cage and saw how high the fleas jumped.

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became director serving until 1952. During the war, departments had been widely dispersed. He began a successful reintegration and incorporated some

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This raised enough money to annually endow a number of Senior Research Fellowships, which is the institute's legacy. From that point it became a

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institute should be founded in London, like those in Paris and Berlin. Donations were sought and eighteen months passed. During that period the

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The war made heavy demands on the Lister for production of antisera and vaccines. There was also need for expertise in nutrition. In 1943, Sir

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was appointed as director. The institute remained an important manufacturer of vaccines and antitoxins. It produced the 'triple vaccine' for

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to enquire about the subject. Several members of the commission visited Pasteur and brought some vaccine back which was tested by

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Steven W. J. Homans, FRSE, Structural biologist and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle

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attempted to prevent the incorporation of the society but failed. The institute was finally incorporated on 5 June 1891.

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when working at the institute). The institute was significant in helping to set up tuberculosis eradication programmes.

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These included the physiology of diving; the lethal effect of ultraviolet light on bacteria; fat metabolism; the role of

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laboratories were closed in 1975 and Elstree in 1978. The assets were sold, the most valuable being the Chelsea site.

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The early history of the Lister Institute could best be described as having a chequered history. It began with French

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after the institute where she worked. The first director, Sir Charles Martin, appointed in 1903, retired in 1930.

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and hospital fatality rates. Major also interpreted data from the institute's epidemiological study of

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that reported back in August 1887 with practical advice to muzzle rabid dogs. During that period, the

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and in 1935 discovered and cultured unusual strains of bacteria that lacked a cell wall, naming them

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production at Elstree was increased. Improved large-scale methods for antisera were introduced by

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In the 1970s, the institute ran into financial difficulties. From 1971 to 1972 Professor

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The old Elstree site is located off the north-west side of Dagger Lane, off Tylers Way,

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the role of enzymes in the metabolism of plant and animal carbohydrates was elucidated

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would be bankrupt and he persuaded colleagues to dissolve the institute. He persuaded

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at the University of London and found to be efficacious. The government formed a

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The Lister Institute's building in Chelsea Bridge Road, London, by the architect

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Demonstration of roles of sunlight and cod liver oil in treating and preventing

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Baddiley, J.; Thain, E. M.; Novelli, G. D.; Lipmann, F. (10 January 1953).

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is located on Chelsea Bridge Road at its junction with Grosvenor Road and

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The institute took some time to settle after wartime upheaval. In 1952

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On April 1886, the British government formed a commission presided by

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and attended by many prominent physicians and scientists including

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