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publication available to the corps of assistants now being trained 

 in the Bureau of Science and in the University of the Philippines 

 is the Philippine Journal of Science, which has a well-established 

 international reputation in the scientific world. In this con- 

 nection attention is called to the fact that in many of the large 

 cities of the East — Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Batavia, Buiten- 

 zorg, Calcutta, Rangoon, Bombay, and many others — scientific 

 publications are issued. Practically without exception these 

 scientific publications are supported wholly or in part by the 

 governments of the different countries. It is true that some are 

 published by scientific societies, but invariably the scientific 

 society receives a subsidy from the local government to cover, 

 at least in part, the cost of publication and distribution. 



FAR EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF TROPICAL MEDICINE 



The fourth biennial congress of the Far Eastern Association of 

 Tropical Medicine will meet in Batavia in June, 1916. The 

 stimulus of thought and the benefit derived from an organization 

 of this kind is very great, not only to the delegates, but also 

 to the institutions which they represent, especially in this part 

 of the world where the scientific worker is isolated to a great 

 extent. It is hoped, therefore, that this institution can be repre- 

 sented at the sessions. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 



No meeting of the Philippine Islands Medical Association was 

 held in 1915. 



CONGRESS OF PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS 



The third congress of physicians and pharmacists will be held 

 in Manila from February 7 to 11, 1916, inclusive. The meeting 

 is held under the auspices of the Colegio Medico-Farmaceutico 

 of the Philippine Islands. The Bureau of Science is to con- 

 tribute seventeen papers to be read at the various sections as 

 follows : 



Food inspection, by H. C. Brill. 



Estudio bacteriologico de las aguas potables en Pasig, by Ariston Guzman. 



Parasites intestinales del hombre en Filipinas, by Ariston Giizman. 



Manila swimming pools from a bacteriological standpoint, by C. E. Gabel. 



Biological examination of Manila water supply, by C. E. Gabel. 



Fish as a food supply, or the sea harvest, by Alvin Seale. 



Fake medical appliances, by T. Dar Juan. 



Industria del curtido de pieles, by V. Q. Gana. 



Water analysis in the field, by George W. Heise. 



Analytical standards for Philippine waters, by George W. Heise. 



Water supply for the city of Iloilo, by George W. Heise. 



