Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XIII, No. 6, November, 1918. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918. 

 MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



The meeting was called to order at 8.40 in the evening at 

 the Philippine General Hospital by the president, Dr. F. W. 

 Vincent. 



Twelve members were present and one visitor, Major Frank 

 Suggs, of the Medical Corps, United States Army, and medical 

 staff of the Philippine General Hospital. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



President Vincent presented the applications of Drs. Amparo 

 Concha, Joaquina E. Tirona, Facundo Esquivel, and A. L. Lejano 

 for active membership. It was moved and seconded that the 

 secretary cast the ballots in favor of the applicants. Carried. 



Dr. Potenciano Guazon, author of the first paper of the evening, 

 was absent. 



Dr. Gervasio Santos presented a case report of A Vesical Cal- 

 culus of Unusual Size. 



Dr. Regino G. Padua read a paper on Cystolithiasis among the 

 Filipinos in Association with Dietetic Deficiency, which was 

 discussed by Doctors Gibson, Wade, and de Leon. 



The meeting was adjourned at 10.15 in the evening. 



D. de la Paz, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 



A CASE REPORT OF A VESICAL CALCULUS OF UNUSUAL SIZE 



By Dr. Gervasio Santos 



A report of a case of vesical calculus was presented, and the 

 stone, which weighed over 700 grams, was exhibited. The com- 

 position of the calculus had not been determined. The large size 

 of the stone and its evident rapid rate of formation were the 

 unusual characteristics in this case. 



CYSTOLITHIASIS AMONG THE FILIPINOS IN ASSOCIATION WITH 



DIETETIC DEFICIENCY 



, By Dr. Regino Padua 



The observations of Osborne and Mendel on rats indicate a 

 possible association of dietetic deficiency with the formation of 



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