Rules regarding defects of vision which disqualify candidates for admission into the various departments of the Indian Government Service / by J. Fayrer ; with appendix containing the regulations as to range of vision necessary to qualify a candidate for admission into the Royal Navy, British Army and Civil Service.

  • Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 1824-1907.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Rules regarding defects of vision which disqualify candidates for admission into the various departments of the Indian Government Service / by J. Fayrer ; with appendix containing the regulations as to range of vision necessary to qualify a candidate for admission into the Royal Navy, British Army and Civil Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Candidates for the Medical Service are also called on to have full vision by Snellen’s test-types; as are engineer students, from whence the engineers of the Navy are derived. In special circumstances a discretionary margin is allowed in the case of engineer students. The same discretion is occa- sionally exercised in the case of candidates for the Marine Service and for artificers. As regards chaplains, naval instructors, and clerks (the future paymasters), a large discretionary margin is allowed. CIVIL SERVICE. With reference to the Home Civil Service, the Commissioners refer each case to “ a competent medical adviser, leaving him to apply whatever tests he may deem suitable, and whatever standard the particular situation may require.” BALLANTYNE FRBSS, CHANDOS STREET, W.C.