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 III. loosely by the side, and care will be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards bo as to displace the tape. The recruit will then be directed to take a deep inspiration several times, and the maxi- mum expansion of the chest will be carefully noted, as affording the best corroborative evidence of the true average minimum, which it is often attempted to conceal, but which can usually be obtained by a little manipulation and by drawing off attention from the examination by a few questions. The maximum expansion rarely exceeds the average minimum by more than 2 to 2| inches. The minimum and maximum will then be recorded thusHl-'l|'&c- In recording the measurements, fractions of less than half an inch should not be noted. 702. Should a recruit, on presenting himself for enlist- r> ment, bring no satisfactory proof of his age, the medical ^onJf W officer who examines him will, by comparing the height aJrelop^ with the weight and general development, and also from m the recruit's appearance, decide his age, which will be entered on the second page of the attestation, age physically equivalent to . 703. In examining a recruit's vision he will be placed Mode with his back to the light, and made to count the dots and ^ describe their position at the distances specitied on the test dot card, first with both eyes, and then v illi each separately. A recruit whose vision has been tested and pronounced good on a primary examination, will not, through his own declared inability to see the test dots on secondary examination, be rejected, unless the approving Medical Officer is satisfied that the man's vision is really defective, and no deception is being practised by him.