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The Maguindanao people are the most numerous and most 

 powerful people in Cotabato Province; they occupy the whole 

 valley of Cotabato and are scattered along the coast, but usually 

 never live up the hills. The Maranao live in the range of moun- 

 tains between Lanao and Cotabato. The Sangils live in Saran- 

 gani Island. The Iranun live along Mulitabug River and also 

 along the coast. There are a few Samals living in Bongos Island 

 and along the sea coast wherever their vintas happen to stop. 

 A few hundred Joloanos have settled on one end of Bongos Island. 



There are two kinds of Manobos : Manobos living on the Apo 

 range (Kidapawan region), who are mixed with Bagobos, and 

 there are Manobos living on the mountains along the sea coast 

 south of Lebak. The Bilans live on the mountains of Matutum 

 region and on the southern range of mountains between Davao 

 and Cotabato. The Tirurayes live on the hills of the municipal 

 district of Auang and on the hills along the sea coast between 

 Cotabato and Lebak. There are a few Tagabilis living on the 

 hills along the sea coast between Kran and Sarangani Bay. 



The main occupation of the different tribes is agriculture and 

 to some extent hunting and fishing. The Samals, however, live 

 exclusively by fishing. 



The commonest diseases are: Malaria, tuberculosis, and dis- 

 eases of the skin, as an example tinea circinata (dhobie itch). 

 In this report I shall treat mainly of the medical practice among 

 the Maguindanaos, which is typical of the practice of the Moham- 

 medan (Moro) population in Mindanao. 



The following diseases and conditions are recognized by the 

 Maguindanaos: 



Table II. — Diseases and coi 



tditions recognized by the Maguindanaos. 



Ahas 



Measles 



Anga 



Chicken pox 



Bacatau 



Yaws 



Baku 



Yaws of palmar and plantar surfaces 



Barirang 



Ascaris lumbricoides infection 



Batuc 



Cough 



Beneg 



Goitre 



Bilas 



Conjunctivitis 



Bingki 



Mumps 



Buguis-casila 



Dhobie itch or tinea circinata 



Buguis-murus 



Tinea imbricata 



Bulay 



Otitis 



Bungcaut 



Keratoderina plantaris et palmaris 



Bunug 



Insanity 



Buransi 



Stomatitis or glossitis with white 





patches or membrane 



