INTRODUCTORY XXIII 



The surgeon is instructed to report separately such cases of disability as unfit the 

 conscript for immediate service, and yet from their nature are susceptible of cure. The 

 recruit so reported is obliged to present himself for examination with the next year's 

 contino-ent.' 



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Tables of diseases and infirmities which justify exemption, either perpetual or temporayi). 



FIRST TABLE. 



INCURABLE DISEASES OR INFIRMITIES WHICH GIVE RISE TO IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT 



EXEMPTION. 



1. Loss of sight of both eyes, or of one eye, due to a physical lesion of the organ. 



2. Total loss of nose. 



3. Deformity of nose to such an extent as to produce a rejjulsive appearance or to 



impede respiration. 



4. Hare-lip ; loss or deficiency of hard palate. 



5. General caries of the teeth ; considerable loss of teeth, so as to impede mastication. 



6. Loss of substance of jaw from necrosis, or other cause, sufficient to impede masti- 



cation. 



7. Dumbness caused by loss of a part of the tongue, or by peculiar conformation of 



that organ. 



8. Loss of the whole or a considerable part of the external ear. 



9. Deafness due to absence or obliteration of the auditory tube. 

 10. Great disfigurement, or repulsive marks on face. 



IL Large goitre. 



12. Hernia, well developed. 



13. Loss of the penis or of the testicles. 



14. Epispadia, hypospadia, situated at the middle or at the root of the penis; her- 



maphroditism. 



15. Artificial anus. 



16. Loss of an arm, leg, foot, or hand, or irremediable loss of motion of those parts. 



17. Well-marked ati'ophy of a limb. 



18. Permanent contraction of the flexor or extensor muscles of a limb. 



19. Aneurism of impoi'tant ai'teries. 



20. Spina- ventosa ; osteo-sarcoma ; other grave diseases of the bones. 



21. Curvature of long bones, and rachitis, if interfering with motion of the limbs. 



22. Lameness, when well marked. 



23. Total loss of the right index-finger; total or partial loss of a thumb, of a big toe, 



or of two fingers of the same hand ; permanent immobility of the same pai-ts. 



24. Flat-footedness, if extreme. 



25. Tinea favosa, with loss of hair. 



' Nouvelles instruolions stir la visite aanitaire des hommes de guerre. Service sanitaire de Varm4e. 7 mars 1871. 



