ALABAMA
Changes in Health Officers.—
Dr. David B. Snelling, Tuscumbia, formerly assistant to the health officer of Colbert County, has been appointed health officer of Choctaw County. He succeeds Dr. Herbert A. McClure, Butler, who took over a similar position in Lamar County.
Regional Meetings.—
The Northwestern Division of the Alabama State Medical Association will meet in Tuscumbia September 14, with the following speakers, among others: Drs. Chalmers H. Moore, Birmingham, "Diagnosis of Brain Tumors"; Thomas J. Payne Jr., Jasper, "Indications, Preparation and Administration of Blood Transfusions," and Raymond R. Callaway, Birmingham, "Infections of the Kidney."
CALIFORNIA
Society News.—
At a meeting of the section on medicine and pediatrics of the San Francisco County Medical Society, August 1, Dr. Ernest G. Lion discussed "Types of Insomnia and Their Treatment." The section on surgery was addressed August 15 by Drs. Nelson J. Howard on "Hormonal Influence on the Normal and Abnormal