RT Journal T1 MEdical news JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1919 FD August 16 VO 73 IS 7 SP 542 OP 547 DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610330080018 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610330080018 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.)ALABAMA  Sanatorium Sold.  —The Highland Park Sanatorium, Montgomery, founded by Dr. Isaac L. Watkins, in 1895, has been sold to Dr. Thomas Brannon Hubbard.Personal.  —Dr. Jacob Roscoe Snyder, Birmingham, has been appointed medical adviser at the Alabama Children's Aid Society.—Dr. Fred D. Reynolds has succeeded Dr. E. W. Edahl as assistant state bacteriologist.Alumni Officers.  —At the annual meeting of the Alumni Association of the Medical School of the University of Alabama, Mobile, the following officers were elected: president, Dr. Josiah E. Evans, Mobile; vice presidents, Drs. Abner N. Steele, Anniston, and William W. Perdue, Mobile, and secretary-treasurer, Dr. Eugene Thames, Mobile.Hospital Notes.  —It is announced that the new Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, will soon be in