Issued with The Philippine Journal of Science, 
Vol. XIV, No. 1, January, 1919. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 
REGULAR MONTPILY MEETING, DECEMBER 2, 1918 
MINUTES OF THE MANILA MEDICAL SOCIETY 
The meeting was called to order at 8.40 p. m. in the Philip- 
pine General Hospital. 
President F. W. Vincent and nine members were present. 
The minutes of the October and November meetings were read 
and approved. Drs. Pedro T. Lantin and Alva D. Cook were 
elected active members in the society. The society approved a 
plan to hold a symposium on the present epidemic of influenza 
at the coming annual meeting. 
The following program was presented, and the papers were 
read and discussed: 
1. Cataract Cases and Operations, by Dr. A. R. Ubaldo. 
2. Unusual Complication after Grattage of the Lids for Tra- 
choma, by Dr. A. R. Ubaldo. 
3. Mastoid Operations, by Dr. H. E. Velarde. 
4. Cases of Tonsillitis in the Dispensary of the Philippine 
General Hospital, by Dr. F. Nicolas. 
5. Teratoma of the Maxillary Antrum, by Dr. H. E. Velarde. 
6. Skiagrams of Cases from the Department of Eye, Ear, Nose, 
and Throat, by Dr. R. Fernandez. 
The meeting was adjourned at 10.50 p. m. 
D. DE LA Paz, 
Secretary -Treasurer, 
Manila Medical Society. 
CATARACT CASES AND OPERATIONS 
By Dr. A. R. Ubaldo 
Fifty operations for cataract included twelve cases of double 
cataract, one congenital, one with a dislocated lens, and three 
traumatic. The ages of the patients varied from 4 to 90 years. 
The methods employed, including the advantages of a preliminary 
iridectomy, combined removal of the iris and lens, or extraction 
of the lens alone, were presented. In one case of double cata- 
ract, one eye was operated with iridectomy, the other sub- 
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