NEWS ITEMS
NEWS ITEMS
Dr. Chas. Pierce, of Wadena, has moved to Menahaga.
Dr. J. L. Stewart, of Spearfish, S. D., has located at Custer, S. D.
Dr. Jas. Farrage, formerly of Deering, N. D., has located at Park Rapids.
Dr. Hugo Neukamp is leaving Fessenden, N. D., to locate in Beulah, N. D.
The Dell Rapids Hospital was completed and opened the latter part of February.
Dr. H. A. Gueffroy, of Chicago, has taken over the practice of Dr. D. F. Sullivan, of Frankfort, S. D.
The new St. Alexius hospital, at Bismarck, N. D., was formally opened to the public February 15th.
The entire surplus of the old Homeopathic Hospital Association, amounting to $1,000, was voted to the support of the Maternity hospital, of Minneapolis, at a recent meeting.
The Physicians’ Hospital company has been incorporated at Thief River Falls for the purpose of building and maintaining a hospital at that place. The company is capitalized at $25,000.
In a previous issue we stated that Dr. G. P. Shepard, of Chicago, had located at Jamestown, N. D. Dr. Shepard is from Courtenay, N. D., and not from Chicago, though he has been taking postgraduate work in that city for the past few weeks.
The Medical Society of the State of New York invites all physicians of the country to its hundred and ninth annual meeting which is to be held in Buffalo, April 27-29. This will probably be the largest medical meeting of the year, except perhaps that of the A. M. A. in San Francisco.
Messrs. J. D. Edgar, Arnold Hamel, R. A. Johnson, and H. A. Rudd, and Miss Olga Hansen, all of the class of 1915, have been elected to the Minnesota chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honorary fraternity in medicine, the membership of which is based solely upon scholarship.
Dr. James E. Moore, who has practised in Minneapolis for thirty-two years, twenty-eight of which have been devoted to the exclusive practice of surgery, has given up his practice and will, hereafter, give his entire time to the Medical School of the University of Minnesota, except for a limited amount of consultation work.
In our last issue we made the statement that the Ramsey County Medical Society would not admit a physician to membership until he had been a resident of the county for one year. This should have been written so as to convey the meaning that a physician must have been a resident of some county for at least a year, not necessarily Ramsey County.
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“The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Incorporated,” with an initial endowment fund of $1,500,000, has recently been incorporated. It has for its object the endowment of the graduate medical instruction and research work which has for years been a feature of the Mayo Clinic, at Rochester. The founders are: William J. Mayo, Charles H. Mayo, Henry S. Plummer, Edward Starr Judd and Donald C. Balfour. The board of temporary trustees having in charge for the present the investment of the fund is composed of Bert W. Eaton, George W. Granger and Harry J. Harwick. The board of scientific directors is composed of Louis B. Wilson, William F. Braasch, E. Hessel Beckman, A. H. Sanford, and Walter D. Sheldon. For the present the expenses of the foundation will be met by annual contributions from the Mayo Clinic, the income from the endowment being allowed to accumulate and increase the principal.
PHYSICIAN WANTED
To locate in a thriving North Dakota town. For full information correspond with Andrew Erickson, Makote, N. D.
OFFICE FURNITURE FOR SALE
A good roll-top desk and other office furniture is offered for sale at a reasonable price. 616 Syndicate Bldg., Minneapolis.
PRACTICE FOR SALE
An established practice in a town of 2,000 for sale for the price of the office outfit. If you mean business, write at once. Address 205, care of this office.
SANITARIUM FOR SALE
A new, strictly modern, 50-bed sanitarium with three acres of land on a beautiful lake, located near the Twin Cities, for sale cheap. Address 206, care of this office.
WANTED
An eye, ear, nose, and throat man who is willing to work. Must be sober, competent man. State the salary expected, and give credentials in the first letter. Address the C. A. Hoffman Co., 814 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
PRACTICE WANTED
In Minnesota or South Dakota town, with some future and where English is spoken. This is wanted by physician who has had several years’ experience in practice, and has done laboratory and hospital work. Address 198, care of this office.
WANTED
A physician and surgeon to locate at Judson, North Dakota. No doctor located within seven miles on the west and twenty-three miles or more in other directions. One who could start small drug-store in connection with his practice preferred. Address First State Bank, Judson, N. D.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE
Contract mining practice, on Iron Range, with modern hospital, complete equipment, autos, good roads, drive all the year, best contracts, $600 to $800 cash each month; future very bright. Owner wishes to correspond with an A 1 physician and surgeon with a good stand in or very near the Twin Cities, with the view of effecting an exchange for part of the year. Address, 204, care of this office.
FOR SALE
To a man with surgical ability, one-half interest in my private practice and well-equipped hospital, located in a live up-to-date county-seat town in Minnesota; population 2,500; two railroads; good schools and roads; good fees. This is an excellent opportunity to get into a place with a good future. Price, $5,000 for one-half interest in hospital building, equipment, office fixtures, and practice; $2,500 cash. Don’t write unless you mean business and have the cash. Address 202 care of this office.
Doctor: If you want practical post-graduate work during the fine season in the delightful city, write for particulars. Twenty-eighth annual session opens September 28, 1914, and closes June 5, 1915. New Orleans Polyclinic, P. O. Drawer 261, Post-graduate Medical Dept., Tulane University of Louisiana.