M0019549: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Danish Embassy, 1879

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Photograph of a letter dated 15 August 1879 from the Danish Embassy announcing that His Majesty the King of Denmark has nominated Lister as a Knight Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Danebrog. It is one of a number of photographs accumulated by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of its exhibition held in 1927 to celebrate the centenary of Lister, in conjunction with The Royal Society, The British Universities Hospitals and Medical and Surgical Colleges.

M0019549: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Danish Embassy, 1879

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