Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XIII, No. 1, January. 1918. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, NOVEMBER 5, 19 17 



The regular monthly meeting of the Manila Medical Society 

 was held in the College of Medicine and Surgery on the evening 

 of November 5, 1917, at 8.30, President Ruth presiding. There 

 were 19 members and 2 visitors present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as 

 read. 



The application for active membership of Major J. H. H. 

 Scudder, M. C, U. S. Army, which had been favorably considered 

 by the council, was presented to the society for ratification. The 

 society ratified the recommendation of the council, and the 

 secretary was instructed to notify Major Scudder of his ac- 

 ceptance to active membership. 



H. G. Maul, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



scientific program 



ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN IN A CHILD 



By Dr. Maria Mendoza-Guazon 



The brain of a male child, age 1.5 years, with an abscess in 

 the central part of the left occipital lobe due to a staphylococcus 

 infection, was shown. A well-developed pyogenic membrane 

 was present. 



SPECIMENS OF INTESTINAL LESIONS 

 By Dr. B. C. Crowell 



Forty-six preserved intestinal specimens illustrating the le- 

 sions of typhoid fever and of amoebic and bacillary dysenteries 

 were presented. These were suspended from a screen with 

 "bulldog" paper clips for exhibition. Eighteen specimens showed 

 the types of lesions encountered in typhoid fever, over half 

 with ulceration of the colon (eight cases to a pronounced 

 degree) ; the frequent location of lesions near the ileocecal valve 

 and the involvement of the appendix were noted. Seventeen 

 specimens from cases of entamcebic dysentery were exhibited; 

 two of these had superimposed lesions of bacillary dysentery. 

 Duodenal ulcer was observed in two cases and gastric ulcer in 



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