TY - JOUR T1 - MEdical news Y1 - 1929/09/14 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1929.02710110038015 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 852 EP - 856 VL - 93 IS - 11 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.)ALABAMA  Dr. Graves Appointed Acting State Health Officer.  —The state board of health, August 21, appointed Dr. Stuart Graves as acting state health officer during the absence on account of illness of Dr. Douglas L. Cannon. Dr. Graves is dean and professor of pathology of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, having come to the school from the University of Louisville about a year ago. While Dr. Cannon had been absent from the office for three weeks on August 22, his condition is said not to be regarded as serious.Health at Birmingham.  —Telegraphic reports from sixty-three cities with a total population SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02710110038015 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710110038015 ER -