Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XIII, No. 4, July, 1918. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY AND ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 7, 1918 

 MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



The regular monthly and annual meeting of the Manila Medical 

 Society was held in the College of Medicine and Surgery on 

 Monday evening, January 7, 1918, at 8.30, with President Ruth 

 presiding. There were 18 members and 2 visitors present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as 

 read. 



The applications for active membership of Drs. A. Francis 

 Coutant, Emiliano M. Panis, and Isidoro de Santos were pre- 

 sented with the recommendation of the council. It was moved 

 and seconded that the secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous 

 ballot in favor of the above applicants. The motion was carried. 



The program for the evening was then carried out as follows : 



1. Glioma Retina?, by Dr. Herminio E. Velarde. 



2. Poisonous Snakes of the Philippines, by Mr. E. H. Taylor. 



3. A Report of Five Cases of Leukemias Clinically Diagnosed as Spleno- 

 megaly, by Dr. Jose S. Hilario. (This paper was read by title.) 



The annual report of the secretary-treasurer for 1917 was 

 read and approved as read. 



The president next appointed Drs. B. C. Crowell, R. B. Gibson, 

 and JosS Albert as a committee on nominations for the officers 

 of the society for the ensuing year. The meeting was sus- 

 pended for a few minutes pending the return of the nominating 

 committee. 



The nominating committee then returned and recommended 

 the following : 



For President: Dr. Otto Schobl. 



For Vice-President: Dr. H. G. Maul. 



For Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Daniel de la Paz. 



For Councilor for three years to sue- Dr. E. S. Ruth. 



ceed Dr. J. E. Reed, Jr.: 



For Councilor for five years : Dr. A. P. Goff . 



There being no objection to the nominations, it was moved, 

 seconded, and carried that the election of the above-named officers 

 as recommended by the committee on nomination be approved. 



The newly elected officers were then informally installed, and 

 in the absence of President Schobl, Vice-president Maul presided. 



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