Genito-urinary organs and venereal diseases. — Accept all cases with no signs 

 of disease of the genito-urinary organs, all acute and chronic cases of gonorrhea 

 and syphilis who have no complications permanently incapacitating. 



Lower Extremities. — Accept all foot and ankle lesions if they do not interfere 

 with the wearing of an ordinary shoe and with walking and weight-bearing 

 power; hammer-toe, hallux valgus, bunion, callosities, the different types of flat-, 

 club-, and claw-foot are to be accepted if they come within the above 

 requirements. 



This is amplified by a specific rule which reads: "And reject no foot cases." 



Height, weight, and chest measurements. — Registrants whose chest measure- 

 ments do not come within the limits of the table and who have no disqualifying 

 defect are referred to the Medical Advisory Board. 



Accept registrants above 78 inches in height when exceptionally well propor- 

 tioned. Refer all other such cases to the Medical Advisory Board. Reject 

 registrants of less than 58 inches in height. Refer to the Medical Advisory 

 Board registrants whose height is more than 58 inches and less than 60. 



Reject registrants whose weight is less than 100 pounds, unless it is plainly 

 due to some recent illness and otherwise the registrants have no disqualifying 

 defect. 



Registrants whose weight is more than 100 pounds and less than 114 pounds 

 and who have no other disqualifying defect are to be referred to the Medical 

 Advisory Board. 



Registrants under weight in proportion to their height, unless it is plainly 

 due to some temporary cause, are referred to the Medical Advisory Board. 

 When this underweight can reasonably be explained and the registrant otherwise 

 is physically fit, accept. 



Registrants with over-weight are to be accepted, unless the obesity interferes 

 with normal physical activity. Refer all doubtful cases to the Medical Advisory 

 Board. 



The examiner is specifically requested to take the measurements "with the 

 greatest care." (The standard tables in use have been given on page 46.) 



THE POSSIBLE SAVING IN MAN-POWER AND GAIN IN 

 MILITARY EFFICIENCY UNDER THE 

 NEW REGULATIONS 



Under these revised regulations a considerable proportion of men 

 will hereafter be accepted which under the First Draft were uncondi- 

 tionally rejected. Practically all the important causes of rejection 

 have been sufficiently modified to result in a substantial increase in 

 the number of men hereafter accepted with or without remediable de- 

 fects. In view of the fact that so large a proportion of men in the past 

 were rejected for dental defects or deficiencies, the following new rules 

 regarding dental requirements are of special importance: 



Dental Requirements. — Accept registrants who have three serviceable natural 

 masticating teeth above and three below opposing and three serviceable natural 

 incisors above and three below opposing. All these teeth must be so opposed 

 as to serve the purpose of incision and mastication. Therefore, the registrant 

 shall have a minimum total of six masticating teeth and a minimum total of 

 six incisor teeth. The needed dental treatment will be performed at the canton- 

 ment. However, if time permits, a registrant, if he prefers, may have the 

 necessary work done at home previous to his induction into military service. 



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