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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    Recruits. Section DEL ^He desires the recruit to take in a full breath5' several times, while he watches the action and notes the capacity of the chest. Careful stethoscopic examination is made. He examines the action of the heart, and notes its sounds. 698. The inspection of the lower extremities and back The lower will be made from below upwards. The recruit first faces i*' the medical officer, afterwards turns his back to him. The ^ ' following are the directions given facing :— Stand on one foot, put the other forward. Bend the ankle-joint and toes of each foot alternately, backwards and forwards. Kneel down on one knee. Up again. r>own on the other knee. Up again. Down on both knees, and up from that position with a simultaneous spring of both legs. Turn round. Separate the legs. Touch the ground with the hands. While the recruit performs these movements, the medical officer will observe the action of the knee-joints, the con- dition of the perinaeum, and of the spinal column. This includes the inspection for defects of the toe, ankle and knee-joints ; for haemorrhoids, prolapsus ani, fistula in perinseo, and spinal deformity. 699. The examination of the upper extremities will be J^upp^ made from below upwards. Time is saved by the medical ' officer himself acting as well as telling the recruit the movements he desires to be made. The following are the directions :— | Stretch out your arms with the palins of your hands upwards. Bend the fingers backwards and forwards. Bend your thumbs across the palms of your hands. Bend the fingers over your thumbs. Bend your wrists backwards and forwards. Bend the elbows. Turn the backs of the hands upwards. Swing your arms round at the shoulders. The medical officer will examine the recruit for marks of vaccination. This comprehends the inspection for loss or defects of Marks of the fingers, thumbs, wrists, elbow and shoulder-joints; vaccination, power of rotating the forearm, and vaccination. If not (m.b.) * 2