404 surgeons' eepoets — ohio — seventh district. 



OHIO— SEVENTH DISTRICT. 

 Extracts from report of Dr. M. LeiIen. 



* * * I have made the following number of examinations: 



Recruits and substitutes — - •. 7, 000 



Drafted men . 650 



Enrolled men - G, 000 



Total : 13, 650 



As many of these enrolled men have been examined twice, the number is, therefore, conse 

 quently great. As near as can be estimated, about sixteen hundred have been examined the 

 second time. This is also the case with the exemptions. Many having been re enrolled by the 

 eurollingofiQcers and committees, they have been a second time exempted for physical disability. 



The Seventh Congressional District of Ohia is composed of the counties of Franklin, Madison, 

 Greene, and Clark, and is situated near the center of the State; Franklin County occupying the 

 central portion, Madison, Greene, and Clark Counties joining, and extending in a westward and 

 southwestwardly direction. It lies in latitude forty degrees north and longitude six degrees west 

 from Washington, D. C. Its population, according to the census of 18G0, numbered one hundred 

 and fourteeu thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and it contains one thousand seven 

 hundred and fourteen square miles. 



The surface of the county of Frankliu is level and densely wooded; that of Madison and Clark 

 Counties partly rolling and partly level, having considerable prairie land; while that of Greene 

 County is still more rolling and somewhat hilly. The district has running through it, besides their 

 numerous tributaries, the Scioto, Mad, Little Miami, and Darby Rivers. The soil is fertile, and is 

 not excelled by any other district in the State for its staple productions — wheat, corn, and hay. Its 

 inhabitants are largely native-born; there being only about six and three-fourths per ecu.", of 

 foreign birth. Columbus, the capital of the State, is located in Franklin County, and contains 

 some thirty thousand inhabitants. 



Springfield is situated in Clark County, and contains about ten thousand inhabitants. Xenia 

 City, in Greene County, has a population of seven thjousand. London, the county-seat of Madison 

 County, the largest town in the district, contaius about two thousand inhabitants. There are also 

 many important villages in the district. Nearly all the manufacturing which is done is carried 

 on in the cities above spoken of, while the district at large may be considered one of stock-raising 

 and agricultural pursuits. 



In regard to the reasons why any particular disease or disability has disqualified for military 

 service a greater ratio than any other disease, I would state that uo particular cause or influence 

 exists at the present time in this district making it in any way remarkable. In former times, 

 when the country was new, its inhabitants suffered extensively from malarial and typhoid fevers, 

 especially along the bottom-lands of the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers; but, since drainage and 

 cultivation have removed the thousand stagnant waters and boggy flats, this cause of disease has 

 remarkably abated within the last fifteen or twenty years. In respect to the general health of its 

 inhabitants, 1 have good reason to believe it will compare favorably with any other district in the 

 State. 



lu reference to the different sections of paragraph 85, Revised Regulations, Provost-Marshal- 

 General's Bureau, I have only to remark that very little amendment can be advantageously made- 

 With but one or two exceptions, the complctoicss, fairnesfi, and (qrpUcahility of each and every sec- 

 tion strike us as being as near perfect as can be devised. So far as our experience extends, it has 

 in nearly all instances given entire satisfaction to the people. 



I would, however, suggest that near-HiglitedneHs, in section 13, and varicocele, in section I'O, under 

 extreme circumstances, be made sufficient cause for exemption; the myopia to be tested with con- 

 cave glasses, the focus of which should be a fixed number of inches or a certain power, so as clearly 

 and positively to prove the myopia. Varicocele, when very large and painful, in my opinion, ought 



