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Personal.—Dr. Clarence A. DePuy, Melrose, sailed from San Francisco, January 3, for China and Japan.—Dr. William Ophuls has been unanimously re-elected president of the San Francisco Board of Health.—Dr. Arthur T. Piercy, Oakland, was seriously injured in a collision between an automobile and an electric car recently.—Dr. William F. McNutt, Jr., San Francisco, was seriously injured by being thrown from an automobile against a stone wall, December 18.—Dr. Emile Schmoll, San Francisco, fractured his right arm while attempting to crank his automobile, December 22.Lane Lectures.—The twenty-seventh annual course of Lane lectures began at Cooper Medical College, January 8, and will be contined on each alternate Friday night. The following is the complete list of lectures:January 8, "Smallpox and Vaccination." Dr. Emmet Rixford; January 22, "San Francisco's Milk Supply," Dr. W. F. Snow, Stanford University; February 5, "First Aid to the Injured," illustrated. Dr. George B. Somers; February