Dr. A. M. Shipley, class of 1902, has been elected consulting surgeon to the Sydenham Infectious Hospital, and Dr. H. O. Reik, of 506 Cathedral street, consulting otologists. * * * * * Dr. H. E. Palmer, of Tallahassee, has been elected president of the Florida State Medical Association for the ensuing year. * * * * * The marriage of Miss Elizabeth P. Elliott, daughter of Mrs. Warren G. Elliott, to Dr. Gordon Wilson, associate professor of medicine in the University of Maryland, will take place on Saturday, June 5, 1909. The ceremony will be performed at 6 o'clock at Old St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Charles and Saratoga streets, by the rector, Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving. Owing to mourning in the bride's family, the marriage will be a quiet affair. * * * * * Another wedding of interest to take place in June is that of Miss Lila Holmes Trenholm, daughter of Mr. Glover Holmes Trenholm, a graduate of the Training School for Nurses of the University Hospital, and granddaughter of the late Prof. Julian Chisholm, to Dr. Walton A. Hopkins, class of 1903, of Annapolis, Md. * * * * * At the annual meeting of the Cecil County Medical Society, held in Elkton, Md., April 29, 1909, Dr. C. P. Carrico, of Cherry Hill, was elected president for the ensuing year. * * * * * Dr. George H. Steuart, class of 1898, is located at Ottoman, Va. * * * * * Prof. Samuel C. Chew, the nestor of the Medical Faculty of the University of Maryland, is confined to the University Hospital with a bad attack of grip. Dr. Chew is one of the oldest and most beloved of the medical fraternity of Baltimore. He has been connected with the University of Maryland for more than fifty years, graduating with the class of 1858. All of us wish Dr. Chew a rapid restoration to his former good health. Forty professional men were present May 1, 1909, at the Colonial Hotel, where the fourth annual reunion and banquet of the Pennsylvania Branch of the General Alumni Association of the University of Maryland was held. Dr. Eugene F. Cordell was one of the guests; others were Dr. Charles P. Noble, president of the Pennsylvania Branch, and Dr. J. C. Beale, secretary and treasurer, both of Philadelphia. The banquet was held in the new assembly room, which was tastefully decorated with plants, flowers and the colors of the University. The banquet committee consisted of Drs. Z. C. Myers and S. K. Pfaltzgraff, of York; J. S. Classen and J. C. Beale, of Philadelphia. * * * * * It is reported that Dr. John Cox Keaton, class of 1907, of Georgia, has been shot in the abdomen by an irate husband. * * * * *