THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 



MINUTES OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING 



The ninth annual meeting of the Philippine Islands Medical 

 Association was held in the histological laboratory of the College 

 of Medicine and Surgery, November 4 to 7, 1912, inclusive. 



FIRST SESSION, NOVEMBER 4, 9 A. M. 



The first session was called to order by President Newberne, 

 who made a few remarks of welcome and introduced the Acting 

 Governor-General, who presided at the opening session. The 

 Acting Governor-General made some interesting remarks relative 

 to medical men, sanitation in the Philippines, medical education, 

 and the Philippine Islands Medical Association. The Acting 

 Governor-General turned the chair over to the Honorable the 

 Secretary of the Interior, who presided during the address of 

 President Newberne on "Basic Principles of Psychotherapy and 

 the Identity of all Mental Healing Systems." 



The following scientific program was next presented and 

 carried out in the order indicated : 



Two Cases of Primary Purpura, by Jose Albert and Maria 

 Paz Mendoza. 



A Case of Microcephalus with Symptoms of Tetanus, by 

 Jose Albert and Maria Paz Mendoza. 



A Study of 100 Cases of Lobar Pneumonia in the Tropics, 

 by C. R. Stanley. (Read by title.) 



Cutaneous Anthrax, with Report of a Case, by E. C. White. 



A Case of True Bilharzial Disease in Porto Rico, by U. R. 

 Webb. 



Korsakow's Psychosis, with Report of a Case, by Heber Butts. 



Congenital Varicosities of the Vense Epigastricae Superiores, 

 Paraumbilicalae, Thoracoepigastricae, and Mammarise, by A. G. 

 Sison. 



Elephantiasis Congenitalis Glabra, with Report of a Case, by 

 Honoria Acosta Sison. 



Bone Lesions in Smallpox, by W. E. Musgrave and A. G. 

 Sison. (Discussion by Major Ashburn and Dr. Heiser.) 



Glandular Fever, by Almon P. Goff. 



Number present, 76. 



Meeting adjourned at 12.30 p. m. 



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