Issued with The Philippine Journal op Science, Section B, 

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



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, AUGUST 6, 1917 



The regular monthly meeting of the society was held at 8.30 

 in the evening, August 6, 1917, at the College of Medicine and 

 Surgery, with President Ruth presiding. There were 33 mem- 

 bers present and 8 visitors. The business brought before the 

 society follows. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as 

 read. 



The application of Major C. C. Billingslea, M. C, U. S. Army, 

 for active membership was recommended by the council to the 

 society for ratification. The secretary was instructed to place 

 the name of Major Billingslea on the list of active members and 

 then to transfer it to the nonresident list. It was also approved 

 that Major Billingslea be informed by letter of the action taken 

 and that upon his return to Manila he will be again taken up as 

 an active member. 



Doctor Crowell moved that the society accept the resignation 

 of Colonel Francis A. Winter and that a letter be drafted and 

 sent to him expressing the regret of the members in his depar- 

 ture and appreciation of his efforts as president of the society. 

 The motion was seconded, and the society voted favorably. 



H. G. Maul, 

 Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Manila Medical Society. 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 



FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF YAWS WITH 

 CASTELLANI'S. FORMULA 



By Drs. Luis Guerrero, E. Domingo, and M. Arguelles* 



The high price and shortage of salvarsan and neosalvarsan 

 (undoubted specific remedies for yaws) and objection on the part 

 of patients to injection have made desirable the use of Castellani's 

 formula for this disease. This formula consists of tartar emetic 

 0.065 gram, sodium salicylate 0.650 gram, potassium iodide 4.000 

 grams, sodium bicarbonate 1.000 gram, and water to make 30 



* Presented by Doctor Domingo. 



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