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3. Whether the feet are sufficiently arched to prevent the tuberosity of the 

 scaphoid bone from touching the ground ; whether the toes are complete in number, 

 do not overlap, are not joined together; and whether the great toes are free from 



bunions. 



4. Whether he has any inveterate and extensive disease of the slan. 



5. Whether he is sufficiently intelligent ; is not subject to convulsions ; and whether 

 he has received any contusion or wound of the head that may impair his faculties. 



6. Whether his hearing, vision, and speech are good, and whether the eye and its 

 appendages are free from disqualifying diseases. 



7. Whether he has a sufficient number of teeth in good condition to masticate his 

 food properly, and to tear his cartridge quickly and with ease. The cartridge is 

 torn with the incisor, canine, or bicuspid teeth. 



8. Whether his chest is ample and well formed, in due proportion to his height, 

 and with power of full expansion. 



9. Whether there is any structural or serious functional disease of the heart. 



10. Whether the abdomen is well formed and not too protuberant; whether 

 either the liver or spleen is considerably enlarged ; and whether the rectum and anus 

 are free from disqualifying diseases. 



11. Whether the spermatic cords and testes are free from diseases which would 

 impair his efficiency ; whether the testes are within the scrotum ; and whether he has 



any rupture. 



12. Whether there is any organic disease of the kidney or bladder, or permanent 



stricture of the urethra. 



13. Whether his physical development is good, and constitution neither naturally 

 feeble nor impaired by disease, habitual intemperance, or solitary vice ; whether 

 he is free from phthisis, scrofula, and constitutional syphilis ; and whether he is epilep- 

 tic, imbecile, or insane. 



Many of the physical defects above mentioned are insufficient to disqualify for 

 mihtary service. In determining whetter the man is fit or imfit for service, the board 

 must be governed by the list of diseases and infirmities enumerated in paragraph 85. 



Paragraph 85. 



The following diseases and infirmities are those which disqualify for military 

 ser\-ice, and for which only drafted men are to be "rejected as physically or mentally 

 unfit for the service," viz : 



1. Manifest mental imbecility. 



2. Insanity. This includes well-estabhshed recent insanity, with liability to a 



recui'rence. 



3. Epilepsy. For this disability the statement of the drafted man is insufficient, and 



the fact must be established by the duly-attested affidavit of a physician in 

 good standing, who has attended him in the disease within the six months 

 immediately preceding his examination by the board, and, in addition thereto, 

 by such other evidence as the board may require. 



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