INTRODUCTORY. XXXI 



times to recall. The Landsturm, levy en masse, oi* general call to arms, embraces all 

 male natives between the ages of 17 and 42 who are not serving in the active army 

 or the Landwelir. 



The official regulations issued for the guidance of the surgeon in examining 

 recraits direct him to classify them in the four divisions of— 



Perfect fitness for military service ; partial fitness for military service ; temporary 

 unfitness for military service ; permanent imfitness for military service.' 



INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY SURGEON. 



Slight deviations from the normal build of the.body or of its individual parts do 

 not exclude from service in the army. 



Such deviations and defects will permit — 



1. Service in any branch of the army. 



2. Service in some special branch of the army. 



Or they may be of a kind that they will necessitate — 



3. Exclusion from military service in time of peace, but render the man liable to 

 be called upon to perform militaiy duty in time of actual war. 



LIST OF THOSE DEFECTS WHICH DO NOT EXCLUDE FROM SERVICE IN ANY BRANCH OF 



THE ARMY. 



To this class belong mainly — 



a. Superficial, non-adhering cicatrices from traumatic injuries. 

 h. Slight ulcers, originating from external causes, mainly located on the feet; and 

 cicatrices the consequence thereof, if unaccompanied by varicose veins. 



c. Fractures which have been healed, leaving no weakness of parts. 



d. Small benign tumors. 



e. Scabies and other easily curable exanthemata, as well as all other easily curable 



internal and extei'nal disorders. 



/ Testes undescended; not to be felt or seen at the inguinal ring. 



g. Slight curvature or obliquity of the neck, with full power of movement 



h. "Hollow back," in which the back is too convex and the loins too concave. 



i. Slight, not prominent, elevation of one shoulder or hip. 



h. Slight stammering, or slightly defective power of pronunciation. 



I. Defective incisors, if the other teeth remain and are in good condition. 



m. Slight painless variocele. 



n. Single small varicose vein on the lower extremities. 



0. Slight curvature of the thigh or leg. 



J). Thick knees, if congenital, and not due to pre^^ous existing- disease. 



q. Knock-knees, not of a degree to interfere with marching. 



r. Broad feet. 



s. Slight flat-footedness, if the walking is not done on the inner margin of the foot. 



t. Loss of a toe, (except the great.) 



' Instruction fur mililair-aerzte zur untersuchung unil beurtheilmig der dienathrauchharkeit oder unbrauchbarkeit militair- 

 pflicldiger, rekruten resp. sohlaten, sowie zur bcurtheilung der invaliditat im dieust htfindlicher oder entlassener versorgungsbercch- 

 tigter aoldaten, 9. Dec. 1858. Berlin, 18o9. 



