TY - JOUR T1 - MEdical news. Y1 - 1899/06/17 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450510053021 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1395 EP - 1397 VL - XXXII IS - 24 N2 - A gift of $12,500 has been made to Provident Hospital, Chicago, by Nathan Freer.Pure fresh milk is to be sold at 4 cents a quart, and sterilized milk at 1 cent per bottle, to the sick of Philadelphia.The professor of hygiene, Konigsberg, Erwin v. Esmarch, has accepted a call to Göttingen in the same capacity.The death of Lawson Tait of Birmingham, Eng., in his 51st year, occurred June 13. A further notice will be given later.Commencement exercises at the University of Pennsylvania were held June 14. The number receiving the degree of M.D. was 211.A fire in the laboratory of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, on the night of June 6, damaged the building and apparatus seriously.The Hospice of La Rochelle has recently been endowed with $20,000 for the construction of a home for convalescents discharged from the hospitals but not strong enough to SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450510053021 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450510053021 ER -