(Physicians will confer a favor by sending for this department items of news of more or less general interest: such as relate to society activities, new hospitals, education, public health, etc.)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
New Society Officers.
—At the annual meeting of the George Washington University Medical Society, Dr. William J. Mallory was elected president; Dr. Daniel Le Ray Borden, vice president; Dr. Frank A. Hornaday, secretary, and Dr. Elijah W. Titus, treasurer.
Incorporates New Medical Society.
—The incorporation of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia is provided for in a bill introduced by Congressman Lazaro of Louisiana, which empowers the society to own and convey real estate. It authorizes the following physicians to corporate themselves as a body corporate: George W. Cook, William G. Morgan, John B. Nichols, William P. Carr, Edward Y. Davidson, Philip S. Roy, Albert L. Stavely, Henry C. Macatee, Edward G. Siebert, J.