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 I. Medical Officers. man is reported fit; but when considered unfit, he will be brought before a Medical Board with a view to a decision being arrived at as to his fitness or unfitness to re-engage (see Queen's Eegulations). Reports of 153. The medical officer will at once, on receiving infor- ^ocfdentsath ma^on) report all cases of sudden death out of hospital, or and infec- °f severe accident, or the outbreak of infectious disease in tious disease, quarters, direct to the Olficer Commanding the station or corps, as well as to the Principal or Senior Medical Officer. state of pick. 154. At stations where there is only one medical Army Form officer in charge of both troops and hospital, the daily state of sick, on Army Form A 27, will be sent to the Officer Commanding ; but at large stations, or when the medical officer doing duty with troops has not charge of the station hospital, only the company sick reports (Army I Form B 256) specified in paragraph 375 will be furnished I to Officers Commanding corps. Medical and 155. At stations where there is a Medical Inspection equipment of room> the medical officer will be responsible for the inspection charge of, and will report half-yearly on the condition of— rooms. Qne field medical companion (Appendix 28). p^r n | T '' One stomach pump (Appendix 22). , ,One pouch of tooth instruments (Appendix 19). s <' * One set of common splints. jS lbs ^ne stethoscope. One test dot card. This return will be forwarded by Principal Medical Officers, together with the half-yearly return of medicines (Army Form I 1214), from station hospitals in which are treated the sick of corps in medical charge of the officer responsible for* this equipment. Requisition 156. He will obtain from the station hospital, on requisi- eine^T&c ^on (Army Form 1 1209), any further supplies of medicine which the Principal Medical Officer may consider necessary, also such articles as may be required from time to time to keep the field companion complete. All these articles will be kept under lock and key in the inspection room. Stationery. 157. He will apply to the Principal Medical Officer for whatever Army Forms, Books, or stationery may be required. II.—SANITARY DUTIES. Periodical 158. He will inspect the men under his charge weekly forSection to sa^sfy himself that their personal cleanliness has been of disease, attended to, and for the detection of itch, cutaneous com- * plaints, ocular disease, ulcers, and any ailments indicated by the countenance or skin, as fever, small-pox, scurvy, &c.