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Explanatory Note.
—The address of Dr. Jacobson, entitled "Homœopathy and Medical Progress during the Present Century," to which reference was made in an editorial last week as appearing in that number, will be found in the present issue of The Journal.
New York County Medical Association.
— Dr. George Tucker Harrison, the Vice-President of the Association, has been elected to the Presidency, made vacant by the decease of Dr. C. S. Wood. Dr. S. B. W. McLeod has been elected to the Vice-Presidency.
Bequests to New York Charities.
—Under the will of the late John Jacob Astor, St. Luke's Hospital will receive $100,000, and the new Cancer Hospital an equal amount.An Emergency Hospital has been provided at Denver, Col., by the members of a voluntary society, known as the Associated Charities, For the time being, the hospital will be located at a house which has been rented