TY - JOUR T1 - MEdical news Y1 - 1919/11/01 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610440048022 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1368 EP - 1374 VL - 73 IS - 18 N2 - (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  Poison Act Violation Charged.  —Four additional charges of violation of the State Poison Act were said to have been placed against Dr. Paul R. Lanz, Oakland, October 1, by operatives of the Pharmacy Board. The complainants alleged that Dr. Lanz forged their names to prescriptions used by him to obtain narcotics from the local drug stores. Dr. Lanz was released under bonds of $6,000.Personal.  —Jean J. A. Van Kaathoven, Major, M. C., U. S. Army, who commanded Base Hospital No. 35, Los Angeles, has been cited by General Pershing for "exceptional meritorious and conspicuous service, overseas."—Dr. Etta G. Gray, Los Angeles, president of the Medical Women's National Association, has been sent to Serbia and the Near East SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610440048022 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610440048022 ER -