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21. Tumors, or wounds of the neck, impeding resj^iration or deglutition ; fistula of 



larynx or trachea ; torticollis, if of long standing and well marked. 



22. Excessive deformity of the chest, or excessive curvature of the sjjine, sufficient 1o 



prevent the carrying of arms and military equipments ; caries of the spine, 

 ribs, or sternum, attended with ulceration. 



23. Hernia. 



24. Artificial anus ; stricture of the rectum ; prolapsus ani. Fistula in ano, if exten- 



sive or complicated with visceral disease. 

 26. Old and ulcerated internal haemorrhoids, if in degree sufiicient to leave no doubt 

 of the man's unfitness for military service. External haemorrhoids are no 

 cause for exemption. 



26. Total loss or nearly total loss of penis ; epispadia or hypospadia at the middle or 



near the root of the penis. 



27. Incurable pei-manent organic stricture of the urethra, in which the urine is passed 



drop by drop, or which is complicated by disease of the bladder ; urinary 

 fistula. Recent or spasmodic stricture of the urethra does not exempt. 



28. Incontinence of urine is not, of itself, a cause for exemption. Stone in the bladder, 



ascertained by the introduction of the metallic catheter, is a positive disquali- 

 fication. 



29. Confirmed or malignant sarcocele; hydrocele, if complicated with organic disease 



of the testicle. Varicocele is not, in itself, disqualifying. 



30. Loss of a hand or foot. 



31. Wounds which would manifestly incapacitate the man for military service ; mus- 



cular or cutaneous contractions from wounds, burns, or tumors, which 

 would prevent marching, or otherwise manifestly incapacitate the man for 

 military service. 



32. Fractures, irreducible dislocations or ankylosis of the large joints, or chronic 



diseases of the joints or bones, that would prevent marching, or otherwise 

 unfit the man for military service. 



33. Total loss of right thumb ; loss of ungual phalanx of right tluimb ; total loss of 



any two fingers of same hand ; loss of the first and second phalanges of the 

 fingers of right hand. Permanent extension or permanent contraction of 

 two fingers of right hand ; all the fingers adherent or united. 



34. Club-feet ; total loss of a great toe. Other permanent defects or deformities of 



the feet, such as will necessarily prevent marching. 



35. Varicose veins of inferior extremities, if large and numerous, and accompanied 



with chronic swellings or ulcerations. 



36. Chronic ulcers ; extensive, deep, and adherent cicatrices of lower extremities. 



No limits of stature are established for drafted men, beyond which they shall bo 

 exempted trom military service. The matter of stiiture should be considered by the 

 board only in the general examination as to the physical fitness of the man for military 

 service. 



The regulations issued by the principal governments of Europe, and those in force 

 in our own country, touching the physical qualifications of the recruit, are much alike 



