THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
Published by the Bureau of Science, of the Government .of the Philippine Islands ’ 
Elmer D. Mei^rill, M.S., 
R. C. McGregor, A.B., Assoct'aie Editor 
Albert H. Wells, A.B.; Granville A.. Perkins, Ph.D.; A. P. West, Ph.D, 
T. Bar Juan, A.B., Phar.D.; F. Agcaoili, A.B. 
, " Chemistry and Geology 
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H. W. Wade, M.D.; Gtto Schobl, M.D. 
F. G. Haughwout; Stanton Youngberg, D.V.M, 
^ Experimental Medicine 
Liborio Gomez, M.D., Ph.D. ; F. Calderon, B.A., L.M. 
Vicente de Jesus, M.D. ■ . " 
^ Clinical Medicine 
W. H. Brown, Ph.D.; C. F. Baker, M.A.; H. S. Yates, M.S., Ph.D. 
0. A, Reinking, B.S.A., M.S.; L. M. Guerrero, Phar.D. 
Sam F.; Trelease, Ph.D. . ' 
■ . Botany ' ^ 
e. F. Baker, M. A.; S. F, Light, M.A.; C. S. Banks, M.A. . 
L. D. Wharton, M. A.; W. ScHULTZE; H. O. Beyer, M.A. . 
Zoology and Ethnology ^ 
A. B. Banyea, Copy Editor 
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