Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XII, No. 5, September, 1917. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, APRIL 2, 1917 



The regular monthly meeting of the Manila Medical Society 

 was held at 8.30 in the evening, April 2, 1917, in the College of 

 Medicine and Surgery, with President Winter in the chair and 

 with 12 members and 2 guests present. 



Upon the suggestion of the president it was moved and sec- 

 onded that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be 

 dispensed with, and the following applications for active mem- 

 bership in the society were recommended by the council for 

 ratification by the society: 



Lieut, Col. Joseph Taylor Clarke, M. C, Dr. Lane Bruce Kline. 



U. S. Army. Dr. Jose Eduque. 



Capt. . Hew Bernard McMurdo, M. C, Dr. Jose S. Hilario. 



U. S. Army. 



Colonel Manly moved that the society ratify the recommenda- 

 tion. The motion was seconded by Doctor Crowell, and the 

 society voted favorably. 



The society then voted to suspend its regular monthly meeting 

 during May, June, and July and again to resume the meetings 

 in August. 



A vote of thanks was extended to the outgoing committee, who 

 had so excellently arranged the program for the past three 

 months. The program committee for August, September, and 

 October was announced as appointed by the president : 



Dr. C. H. Manlove. Dr. Daniel de la Paz. Capt. J. M. Willis. 



Professor E. D. Merrill was not present to read his paper on 

 Contact Poisons. 



H. G. Maul, 

 Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Manila Medical Society. 



BOIENTIFZO PEOORAK 



TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL AMCEBIASIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE 

 TO IPECAC AND ITS DERIVATIVES^ 



By Dr. B. C. Crowell 



Questions which have assumed importance in intestinal amoe- 

 biasis, aside from the pathogenicity of species, are the problem of 



*This paper has been published in the Jowm. Am. Med. Assoc. (1917), 

 69, 6. 



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