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phosphatic urinary calculi. The Filipino diet is essentially of 

 an insufficient and limited character, particularly from its avita- 

 mino nature. The results of the present investigation show that 

 a relation apparently exists between the general dietetic inade- 

 quacy and deficiency among the Filipinos and the incidence of 

 phosphatic calculi, in contrast with the reported predominance 

 of uric acid and urate calculi in Europe and the United States. 



R. B. Gibson, 

 Editor of the Proceedings, 



Manila Medical Society. 



