Manual of the medical officer of the army of the United States: Recruiting and the inspection of recruits, Part 1Wrightson & Company, printers, 1858 - 117 pages |
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... persons , above the age of eighteen , and under thirty - five years , being at least five feet , four and one - half ... person desiring to enlist voluntarily into the Army of the United States , should be a natural born or a naturalized ...
... persons , above the age of eighteen , and under thirty - five years , being at least five feet , four and one - half ... person desiring to enlist voluntarily into the Army of the United States , should be a natural born or a naturalized ...
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... person under twenty - one years of age can not enlist without the consent of his parent , guardian or master , if he have either . But if the minor shall offer such written consent , the question then presents itself , whether , so ...
... person under twenty - one years of age can not enlist without the consent of his parent , guardian or master , if he have either . But if the minor shall offer such written consent , the question then presents itself , whether , so ...
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... person who enters into the Army should be brought to trial in walking , running , leaping , climbing hills , and traversing irregular and broken grounds . It may be fairly admitted that a full grown person who is not capable of marching ...
... person who enters into the Army should be brought to trial in walking , running , leaping , climbing hills , and traversing irregular and broken grounds . It may be fairly admitted that a full grown person who is not capable of marching ...
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... person front and rear , and will scarcely fail to perceive any deviation from the normal standard in the head , limbs , thorax , abdomen , spine , pelvis , etc. The chest should be ample . The limit of what may be considered an ample ...
... person front and rear , and will scarcely fail to perceive any deviation from the normal standard in the head , limbs , thorax , abdomen , spine , pelvis , etc. The chest should be ample . The limit of what may be considered an ample ...
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... persons - persons whose joints are large and prominent- possess great powers of action and long endurance of toil . The observation is true and the reason of its truth is obvious . The form of body alluded to , furnishes an advantageous ...
... persons - persons whose joints are large and prominent- possess great powers of action and long endurance of toil . The observation is true and the reason of its truth is obvious . The form of body alluded to , furnishes an advantageous ...
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absolute causes affected Aide Memoire Alopecia Anchylosis Aphonia Army ascertain atrophy Auscultation Bègin bones cachectic cachexia canal caries cause for rejection chest chronic cicatrices cirsocele clavicle color consequence constitutional contraction convulsions cornea cured curvature deformity demands Rejection dilatation disease disqualify emaciation enlistment epilepsy examination exemption exists external ring fingers five feet flexion fractures fraud frequently Hæmorrhoids head Heart Hernia hydrocele impede important impostor inches indications induced infirmities inflammation inguinal canal injury Inspecting Surgeon inspection of Recruits Iris irritation joints lesion limb loss lungs malingerer means of detecting Medical officer military service motions mucous membrane muscles Nyctalopia objection observation occurred ophthalmia organs paralysis paraplegia physical present pupil rare readily reason for rejection rejection or discharge remarks right eye scrofulous seldom signs simulated skin soldier sometimes FEIGNED sound stature Strabismus SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES syphilitic teeth testicle thorax tion Toes true epilepsy tumors ulcers unfit urine varicocele varicose veins veins
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Page 8 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and Articles of War.
Page 8 - ... take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, AB, do solemnly...
Page 8 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 15 - ... .In passing a recruit the medical officer is to examine him stripped ; to see that he has free use of all his limbs ; that his chest is ample ; that his hearing, vision, and speech are perfect ; that he has no tumors, or ulcerated or extensively cicatrized legs ; no rupture or chronic cutaneous affection ; that he has not received any contusion, or wound of the head, that may impair his faculties ; that he is not a drunkard ; is not subject to convulsions ; and has no infectious disorder, nor...
Page 83 - Lehmann. tity of the urine, so as to form an exceedingly thin layer, and carefully allow a drop or two of nitric acid to fall upon it. An immediate play of colors...
Page 99 - The great toe crossing the other toes with great prominence of the articulation of the metatarsal bone and first phalanx of the great toe. 47. Overriding or superposition of all the toes. 48. Permanent retraction of the last phalanx of one of the toes, so that the free border of the nail bears upon the ground ; or flexion at a right. angle of the first phalanx of a toe upon a second, with anchylosis of the articulation.
Page 20 - Should no material defect be discovered during this survey, the examination may go on. The Recruit is then to perform in imitation of the Hospital Sergeant the following evolutions : To extend the arms at right angles with the trunk of the body — then to touch the shoulders with the fingers — next to place the backs of the hands together above the head ; in this position let him cough, while at the same time the Examiner's hand is applied to the rings of the external oblique muscles. Let the...
Page 98 - Club-feet, splay feet, where the arch is so far effaced that the tuberosity of the scaphoid bone touches the ground, and the line of station runs along the whole internal border of the foot, with great prominence of the inner ankle ; but ordinary large, ill-shaped, or flat feet, do not exempt. 50. Varicose veins of inferior extremities, if large and numerous, having clusters of knots, and accompanied with chronic swellings or ulcerations.
Page 115 - The followingp"rinted form is to be furnished upon which the observations of the inspecting surgeon are to be recorded as they are made. Recruit AB Age Years, Occupation, Born in Presented by 1. Have you ever been sick? When and of what diseases ? 2. Have you any disease now? (Such as diarrhoea, cough, and the like.) 3. Have you ever had fits ? 4. Have you ever received an injury or wound upon the head? 5. Have you ever had a fracture, a dislocation, or a sprain ? 6. Are you in the habit of drinking...
Page 59 - Harelip, simple, double, or complicated; loss of the whole or a considerable part of either lip; unsightly mutilation of the lips from wounds, burns, or disease; loss of the whole or part of either maxilla; ununited fractures; ankylosis; deformities of either jaw interfering with mastication or speech; loss of certain teeth; cancerous or erectile tumors; hypertrophy or atrophy of the tongue; mutilation of the tongue...