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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    Section III. General Regulations. The head and neck. vaccinated, the circumstance should be stated on the medical history sheet. 700. The examination of the head and neck will be made from above downwards. The medical officer will note the intelligence, character of voice, and power of hearing of the recruit by his replies to the questions put to him. The following are the directions :— Have you had any blows or cuts on the headA Are you subject to fits of any kind? He examines the scalp. He examines the ears. He examines the eyes and eyelids. He examines the nostrils. He examines the mouth, palate and fauces, and then tells the recruit to say loudly, Who comes there V1 He examines the neck. This comprehends the inspection for injuries of the head ; deafness ; disease of the ears ; defect of voice ; polypus of nose ; state of teeth ; scrofulous ulceration ; glandular enlargements ; and defects of the eyes. 701. The following are the instructions for the measure- ment of recruits :— Directions for deter- mining height. Directions for deter- mining fee chest- measure- ment. (a.) Measurement of Height. The recruit will be placed against the standard with the feet together, and the weight thrown on the heels, and not on the toes or outside of the feet. He will stand erect, without rigidity, and with the heels, calves, buttocks, and shoulders touching the standard ; the chin will be depressed to bring the vertex of the head level under the horizontal bar, and the height will be noted in parts of an inch to eighths. Particular care will be taken to verify fully the height of such recruits as are on the minimum lines of 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 6 inches respectively, as it is concern- ing these that disputed measurements are apt to arise. Measurements are to be recorded to one-eighth of an inch. (6.) Measurement of the Chest. The recruit will be made to stand erect with his feet together, and to raise his arms over his head. The tape will be carefully adjusted round the chest with its posterior upper edge touching the inferior angles of the scapulae, and its anterior lower edge the upper part of the nipples. The arms will then be lowered to hang