RT Journal
T1 MEdical news
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD March 1
VO 72
IS 9
SP 662
OP 667
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610090046019
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610090046019
AB (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.)CALIFORNIA 
    Personal. 
    —Dr. George B. Worthington has been appointed health officer of San Diego, succeeding Dr. Carl S. Owen, resigned.ILLINOIS 
    Personal. 
    —Leo M. Beilin, Captain, M. C., U. S. Army, Springfield, started for Siberia, February 15, and is to be placed in charge of a unit to combat typhus in the United States base in Siberia.—Dr. John A. Wheeler, Springfield, has been endorsed by the Sangamon County Medical Society as a candidate for commissioner of public health and safety.Nurses' Bill. 
    —A bill has been presented to the legislature for passage by the nurses of this state. After a conference between representatives of the nurses on one side, and the. health department, Chicago Medical Society and Illinois Hospital