Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, Section B, 

 Tropical Medicine, Vol. XII, No. 6, November, 1917. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, OCTOBER 1, 19 17 

 MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 



The meeting was held in the College of Medicine and Surgery 

 on the evening of October 1, 1917, President Ruth presiding. 

 There were 16 members present and 2 visitors. 



The meeting was called to order at 8.45 o'clock. In the absence 

 of the secretary-treasurer, the chair appointed Doctor Gibson 

 as secretary pro tempore. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



The council recommended the acceptance of Dr. Frank W. 

 Vincent's application for membership. On motion, duly sec- 

 onded, Doctor Vincent was elected to membership in the society. 



There being no other business, the program for the evening 

 was carried out, after which the society adjourned at 10.15 

 o'clock. 



R. B. Gibson, 

 Secretary pro tempore, 

 Manila Medical Society. 



SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ^ 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCIDENCE OF INTESTINAL 

 SPIROCHETES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



By Dr. B. C. Crowell and Prof. F. G. Haughwout 



The authors presented the results of the examination of the 

 stools of 46 persons undergoing treatment for various ailments 

 in the Philippine General Hospital. Of these persons 73 per 

 cent were found to harbor intestinal spirochsetes. The spiro- 

 chsetal infections bore no apparent relation to concomitant 

 infections with protozoa and helminths. The spirochsetes varied 

 in size from 2 /x up to a single individual that measured 13 fi. 

 The apex of the biometric curve stood at 4 fi. 



The paper constituted a preliminary report on more extended 

 work on the subject, with a view to discover if the spirochsetes 

 in association with endamoebse may not cause lesions that will 

 respond to treatment with salvarsan, it being pointed out that 



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