Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XII, No. 1, January, 1917. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 6, 19 17 



On the evening of January 6, 1917, the Manila Medical Society 

 embarked for the annual business meeting on the U. S. Army 

 transport Merritt for Corregidor as the guests of the officers of 

 the Medical Corps stationed on the island. 



The following report of the proceedings of the meeting of the 

 Manila Medical Society is taken from the minutes of the 

 secretary, Lieut. H. G. Maul: 



The regular monthly and annual meeting of the Manila Medical 

 Society was held at Corregidor in the hospital building on the 

 evening of January 6, 1917. 



The meeting was called to order by the president. Dr. B, C. 

 Crowell, who immediately appointed Dr. John A. Johnston, Dr. 

 R. B. Gibson, and Capt. J. H. Trinder as a committee on nomina- 

 tions for the officers of the society for the ensuing year. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Dr. C. H. 

 Manlove and were approved as read. Doctor Crowell then stated 

 that arrangements were about to be completed in which the 

 annual dues for membership would also entitle the members to 

 Section B of the Philippine Journal of Science. 



The nomination committee then returned and recommended 

 for president, Lieut. Col. F. A. Winter, M. C, U. S. Army; 

 for vice president, Dr. E. S. Ruth; for secretary and treasurer, 

 Lieut. H. G. Maul, M. C, U. S. Army. There were no objections 

 to the nominations, and it was moved and seconded to accept 

 the recommendations of the committee. Prof. F. G. Haughwout 

 then made a motion that the secretary be instructed to cast a 

 unanimous ballot in favor of these nominations. It was seconded 

 by Doctor Johnston. The new officers were then formally 

 installed. 



There then followed an informal scientific and social session 

 and smoker. Dr. Paul Clements spoke of the work and the 

 problems of the Philippine He^ilth Service. Dr. N. M, Saleeby 

 discussed the duties of the civilian practitioners and their rela- 

 tion to the military and naval medical corps. Major Rutherford 

 gave an account of the case of anterior poliomyelitis lately 

 discovered at Corregidor and enumerated in detail the quarantine 

 measures that had been taken. ^ Other speakers in lighter vein 



' See minutes of the subsequent meeting, February 13, 1917. 



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