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 MEETING,, MARCH 4, 19 18 

 MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



The regular meeting of the Manila Medical Society was held 

 at the College of Medicine and Surgery, March 4, 1918, at 8.30 

 in the evening. 



The following members were present: 



Dr. B. C. Crowell. Professor F. G. Haughwout. 



Dr. E. S. Ruth. Dr. H. W. Wade. 



Dr. F. W. Vincent. Dr. J. S. Hilario. 



Dr. R. B. Gibson. Dr. F. Garcia. 



Dr. B. Samson. Dr. D. de la Paz. 



The secretary announced the absence of the president and 

 vice-president and with the consent of the society appointed Dr. 

 B. C. Crowell to officiate as temporary chairman. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



A letter from the President-elect, Dr. Otto Schobl, declining the 

 acceptance of the presidency of the society, was read and accepted 

 with regret. 



Doctor Crowell appointed Doctors Ruth, Gibson, and Samson 

 to constitute a committee on the nomination for the president. 



The society took a short recess. 



At the second session the committee announced that Dr. F. W. 

 Vincent was unanimously nominated. There being no other no- 

 minations, the secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot 

 in favor of the nomination. 



With President Vincent in the chair, the reading of the papers 

 was then proceeded with. 



The first paper, entitled Studies of Cerebrospinal Fluid in 

 Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis, by John A. Kolmer and co-workers, 

 abstracted by Dr. John A. Johnston, was read by Doctor Gibson 

 in the absence of Doctor Johnston. 



Doctor Wade presented his paper, entitled Cryptoplasmic In- 

 fection, which was discussed by Professor Haughwout and Doctor 

 Crowell, Doctor Wade closing the discussion. 



The last paper, entitled The Prophylaxis of Malaria, was read 



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