(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.)
ARKANSAS
Tuberculosis Recommendations.
—The board of trustees of the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Booneville, have recommended to the legislature, an appropriation of $100,000 for the next biennium. Of this sum $85,000 is desired for maintenance and $10,000 for the much-needed cold storage and power plant.—The board also recommends an appropriation of $50,000 by the legislature for the erection and maintenance of a sanatorium for negroes to be established near the center of negro population, either south or east of Little Rock. Of the desired appropriation, $30,000 is for the erection of the buildings and $20,000 for maintenance during the next two years.
CALIFORNIA
Medical Library Association Organized.
—On February 4, physicians of San Diego met and organized the Medical Library