Letters on the medical department of life assurance / by Horace Dobell.

  • Dobell, Horace, 1828-1917.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Letters on the medical department of life assurance / by Horace Dobell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROPOSED EXAMINATION PAPER. The directors are convinced that the value of a medi- cal REPORT WHOLLY DEPENDS UPON ITS BEING ACCURATE AND COMPLETE ; WHEN SUCH IS THE CASE, THEREFORE, THEY WILL HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN REMITTING A FEE. Name ? 1. If rejected by any other office ? 2. If assured in any other office ? When ? At what additional premium ? 3. Situation of dwelling ? 4. Occupation or profession ? 5. Age next birthday ? a The degree of greyness of the hair, and its'natural colour ? If slight or well- marked ? h If an arcus round the cornea ? (*) 6. General appearance ? a Configuration ? b Height ? c Weight ? If increasing or decreasing ? d Which parent generally considered to be resembled in face ? e „ „ „ „ „ „ figure? If active ? If active ? Health? Cause of death ?(f) Health ? Cause of death ? Health ? Causes of death ? 7. If fulness of habit ? 8. Habits? a Present? 9. Father? 10. Mother? 11. Brothers ? If temperate ? b Past ? If temperate ? a If alive, age ? b If dead, at what age ? a If alive, age ? b If dead, at what age ? a Living, ages ? b Dead, at what ages ? • The true arcus is separated from the sclerotica by a slight zone_of more transpafent cornea. f It is desirable that the medical examiner should explain to his patient, that any indefinite statement as to the cause of death of near relatives is liable to be construed by the Directors into a tacit acknowledgment of deatli from some cause unfavourable to assurance : and that, wlien death is said to have occurred in childbirth, some further particulars of the remote and immediate causes of death must always be given.