King Edward's Hospital Fund for London

IT was 1897, and London, like all Her Majesty's dominions, was preparing to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the accession to the throne of Queen Victoria. On January 21, under the chairmanship of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), a meeting was held at Marlborough House to decide whether the creation of a central hospital fund for London was a suitable method of commemorating the historic occasion. Among the twenty-two distinguished leaders of London life who attended the meeting were Sir Joseph Lister (later Lord Lister), as president of the Royal Society, Dr. Samuel Wilks, as president of . . .