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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    80 Scetion I. Medical Officers. Patients to l>e sent early to hospital. Admission' ticket. Medical comforts. Signature of Command- ing Officer to be ob- tained. Regulations to be ob- served. Suggestions to be made. Regulations for hired 179. The medical officer will, if possible, send patients requiring admission to hospital at a sufficiently early hour for them to be placed on diet the following day. His responsibility will not cease in connection with a case until he has satisfied himself that the medical officer in charge of the hospital has actually assumed professional care of any woman or child he may have sent for admission. 180. The wives and children of soldiers on the married roll sent to hospital for admission, will be required to take, signed by the Commanding Officer, the ticket for admission into hospital (Army Form B 247), referred to in paragraph 177. 181. In accordance with the Allowance Regulations, the Medical Officer may order the following medical comforts to the wives and children of soldiers when under treat- ment in quarters if there is a military hospital provision store at the station (see paragraphs 719, 722, 723, and 725): —wine (port or sherry), brandy, arrowroot, and essence of beef or extractum carnis; fresh meat will not be supplied for the preparation of beef tea. Previous to the first issue of medical comforts, the signature of the Officer Command- ing will be obtained to the certificate on the extra-diet sheet for women and children (Army Form I 1205), on which an entry of all issues will be made daily by the medical officer, and the cases will be entered in the Case Book (Army Book 187). V-DUTIES OF MEDICAL OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF TROOPS ON BOARD SHIP. 182. The regulations for the sanitary precautions to be taken on board ships conveying troops, which are contained in the Queen's Regulations, will be strictly carried out by the medical officers in charge of troops. They will be guided by the instructions contained in paragraphs 139 to 181, so far as they are applicable on board ship. 183. The sanitary arrangements on board Her Majesty's troopships rest with the naval medical officer, under the commander, but should the medical officer in charge of the troops consider it necessary to make any suggestions on the subject, he will make his report to the Officer Com- manding the troops (see para. 437 (3) ). 184. In hired ships a copy of the Regulations for Her Majesty's Transport Service will be provided by the Admiralty and kept on board, and access can be had thereto by application to the master of the vessel.