THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



B. Tropical Medicine 



Vol. XII NOVEMBER, 1917 No. 6 



MOHAMMEDAN MEDICAL PRACTICE IN COTABATO PROVINCE ^ 



By LiBORio Gomez 

 (Cotabato, Cotabato, P. I.) 



ONE PLATE AND SEVEN TEXT FIGURES 



Cotabato Province is the largest province in area in the Philip- 

 pine Islands, measuring 28,593 square kilometers. The number 

 of inhabitants is not accurately estimated; the official census of 

 1903 places the population at 125,875. The following is an esti- 

 mate appearing in the annual report for 1915, of the Provincial 

 Governor of Cotabato, regarding the non-Christian population of 

 the province: 2 



Table I. — Non-Christian population of Cotabato Province. 



Mohammedan : 



Maguindanao 



Maranao 



Iranun [ 151,000 



Sangil 



Samal 



Sulug (Joloanos), 

 Pagan : 



Manobos and Bagobos . 15,000 



Bilanes 8,000 



Tirurayes 5,000 



Tagabilis 1,000 



' This is the first of a series of reports on the local medical practices in 

 the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, suggested by the Chief Health 

 Officer, Dr. Jacobo Fajardo. 



' See also Beyer, H. Otley, Population of the Philippine Islands in 1916. 

 Philippine Education Co., Inc., Manila (1917), for the most recent estimates. 



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