ILLINOIS
Fox River Valley Meeting.
—At the annual meeting of the Fox River Valley Medical Society, held in Aurora, November 14, the following officers were elected: president, Dr. Frederick C. Schurmeier, Elgin; vice-president, Dr. William H. Bishop, St. Charles; secretary and treasurer, Dr. William H. Schwingle, Aurora, and member of the program committee, Dr. Edward H. Abbott, Elgin; censor, Dr. Charles A. Potter, Elgin, and delegate to the state society, Dr. James W. McDonald, Aurora.
Honor Aged Practitioner.
—The Whiteside County Medical Society held a special meeting in Fulton, November 9, to pay honor to Dr. Charles A. Griswold, who at that time had completed fifty-five years of practice in Fulton, excepting for the three years when he was a surgeon during the Civil War. Dr. Charles E. Parker, Sterling, president of the society, referred to the professional career of the guest of honor, and Dr. William H. Durkee, Fulton,