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Dr. John S. Billings, of the Surgeon-General's office, Washington, D. C., has had conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, the honorary degree of D.C.L.Dr. Daniel H. Williams, of Chicago, has recently been appointed by the Governor, a member of the State Board of Health of Illinois.Diphtheria has been prevalent at Astoria and Stineway, both places being within the jurisdiction of Long Island City; and that city, owing to a deadlock among its officials, is in a bad sanitary condition.New Medical Societies in Missouri.—We are pleased to learn from the Kansas City Medical Record, that the growth of county, district and Section Societies in Missouri is very satisfactory, new ones being reported nearly every week. This is, as it should be, and we hope we may be enabled to chronicle in the near future the same activity among the profession in other States.The Psychic