Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XIII, No. 2, March, 1918. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, DECEMBER 3, 19 17 

 MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



The regular monthly meeting of the Manila Medical Society- 

 was held at the College of Medicine and Surgery on Monday 

 evening, December 3, 1917. In the absence of the president 

 and the secretary, the meeting was called to order by Dr. B. C. 

 Crowell, president of the Philippine Islands Medical Association. 

 On motion duly made and seconded, there being no objection, 

 Doctor Crowell took the chair and appointed Dr. R. B. Gibson 

 as secretary pro tempore. 



Doctor Crowell presented the name of Dr. Emiliano M. Panis 

 for membership in the Manila Medical Society. On motion, duly 

 seconded and carried, Doctor Panis's application was referred 

 to the council for final action. 



There being no other business, the scientific program for the 

 evening was taken up. 



R. B. Gibson, 

 Secretary pro tempore, 

 Manila Medical Society. 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 



ON PHILIPPINE MEDICINAL PLANTS 



By Dr. Leon M. Guerrero 



The flora in the Philippines are rich in pharmacological pro- 

 ducts, the systematic pharmacological and chemical investigation 

 of which deserves attention. Many plant preparations used by 

 the natives or empirically prescribed by quacks have some ther- 

 apeutic value. Among these may be mentioned Alstonia scho- 

 laris for malaria and which may serve perhaps also as a cardiac 

 remedy ; Lunasia amara employed as gastric sedative, but which 

 has been found to contain an alkaloid producing nonspinal con- 

 vulsions; the seeds of Quisqualis indica, known to the native 

 Filipinos as a vermifuge; Tylophora brevipes, similar to 

 Tylophora asthmatica of India, which contains an alkaloid 

 tylophorine and which is popularly used as an emetic and also 

 as an antidysenteric, expectorant, and emmenagogue; Tinospora 



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