XXXII INTRODUCTORY. 



LIST OF THOSE DEFECTS WHICH DO ' NOT EXCLUDE FROM SERVICE IN SOME SPECIAL BRANCH 



OF THE ARMY. 



To this class belong — 

 a. Myopia, if not excessive. 



h. Very defective or entirely absent incisoi'S and canines, if the bicuspids and tricuspids 

 remain and be in good order. 



c. Loss of the index-finger of the left hand, or of the ring-finger of either hand. 



d. Not very prominent chilblains. 



e. Slightly curved toes, partially over-riding each other. 



/ A rather under-developed, but not flat or depressed chest, if tlie general health be not 

 otherwise impaired, and sufficient muscularity of the arms exist. 



LIST OF THOSE DEFECTS AVPICH EXCLUDE FROM MILITARY SERVICE IN TIME OF PEACE, BUT 



NOT IN TIME OF WAR. 



To this class belong — 

 a. Slight strabismus, if not interfenng materially with the power of vision. 

 h. Slight difficulty of hearing. 



c. Deafness of one eai', without fetid discharge from it. 



d. "Slight degree of struma cellularis, by which is to be understood a distension of the 



cellular tissue on the anterior and lateral parts of the neck, if the swelling' be 

 soft, loose, and not very large, and if the lateral portions of the neck be more 

 affected than the anterior, and where slight external pressure exercised by the 

 hand does not materially interfere with respiration. 



e. Slight degree of true bronchocele, (struma glandularis,) where tlie thyroid gland 



itself is swollen, if the tumefaction be sliglit, not hard, the anterior portion of 

 the thyroid cartilage free from it, and only one of the cornua affected, and where 

 slight external pressure exercised by the hand does not materially interfere with 

 respiration. 



f. Simple hare-lip, if the person affected refuse to submit to a surgical operation. 



g. Slight shortening of the arm, or curvature in the elbow-joint, not interfering, how- 



ever, with free movement in all directions. 

 h. Curvature or stiffness of any fingers, not to such a degree as to interfere with the 



free handling of a musket. 

 i. Inguinal and femoral lieniia which can be retained by a truss ; also a decided 



anatomical disposition to hernia, particularly inguinal, evidenced by abnormal 



dilatation of the external and internal inguinal ring and the inguinal canal. 

 7c. Knock-knees to such a degree tliat they somewhat Interfere with locomotion. 

 I. Permanent weakness of the ankle and other articulations, the consequence of sprains^ 



dislocations, or diseases. 

 m. Maiming of tlie fingers or toes by the loss of individual jjhalanges. 



LIST OF THOSE DEFECT.S WHICH EXCLUDE TEMPORARILY FROM MILITARY SERVICE. 



To this class belong — 

 1. Weakness, the consequence of recent disease or of incompleted gro\vth and devel- 

 ()))ment. 



