Regulations for Army medical services / War Office.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Regulations for Army medical services / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Invaliding of Soldiers. Section III, epileptic fit, is required, and will be attached to the detailed medical history. 623. An invalid who has been referred by a medical invalid, board for further treatment, or is considered fit for service refen*<l will not be again brought forward for invaliding until the mau-Z ' expiration of six months from the date of his examination Board, by the board, unless special sanction is obtained. 624. The information required in the detailed medical import*],, , history being very essential in order to secure a proper offtho treatment and disposal of the invalid, as well as to adjust KSS^fw correctly his claim on the bounty of the public, medical detailed officers will be exceedingly careful in the preparation of KX? this document, and will enter all such particulars as may aid in the attainment of the ends desired. In all state- ments made by a medical officer in the detailed medical history (Army Form B 179), he will carefully distinguish between the unsupported testimony of the invalid, or others, and the result of his own observation, or reference to authentic documents. The medical officer in charge of the hospital will verify all the statements in this docu- ment, countersign it, and become responsible for its cor- rectness in every particular, before he transmits it to the Principal Medical Officer of the district. 625. When a soldier suffering from mental disease has Insane been under treatment sufficiently long to render the diag- 80ldleiS- nosis clear, and there is no prospect of his immediate re- covery, or when, inconsequence of exceptional circumstances which do not admit of delay, it is desirable to remove him at once from the hospital in which he has been under observation, application should be made to the Director- General, or if in Ireland or abroad to the Principal Medical Officer, for instructions as to his disposal. Such applications should be accompanied by detailed information regarding the case, together with a copy of the soldier's medical history sheet, and a statement of the reasons which induce the medical officer in charge of the case to believe that, if discharged, he will not be able to re-enter the service. In transmitting this application, the medical officer in charge will state whether he recommends the patient's transfer to Netley, or his discharge locally as a harmless or a dangerous lunatic (see the Queen's Eegulations), and the Principal Medical Officer, in forwarding the documents to the Director-General, will also invariably submit his opinion as to the disposal of the case. On receipt of the docu- ments by the Director-General, if in Great Britain, or by the Principal Medical Officer if abroad or in Ireland, the neces- sary instructions will be issued for the disposal of the case. (m.r.) h 2