Color-blindness : its dangers and its detection / by B. Joy Jeffries.

  • Benjamin Joy Jeffries
Date:
1879
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Credit: Color-blindness : its dangers and its detection / by B. Joy Jeffries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Remark. — These examinations have been already car- ried out, and the results sent in to me. —F. Holmgren, January, 1879.] 3d, The Regulations of the Imperial School of Navigation of June 1, 1877, Sect. 16, 2. Every applicant to enter the navigation department of the school must bring a physician's certificate as to the condition of his color-perception. A fault in color-perception v?ill not prevent the reception of the candidate. [Remark. — This last must be soon stricken out, or al- tered.— F. Holmgren.] 4th, Royal Orders to the Chief of the Military Personnel of the Imperial Marine. 1st, That all the personnel of the seamen's and boys' training-ship shall, at the next general review, pass the sur geon's examination as to their power of color-perception. Those who fail shall be duly recorded on the crew's manifest, and a notice of the number of color-blmd in each company be reported by the mustering-officer to the chief of the ma- rine department. 2d, That all the men of the Imperial Marine Corps, and boys of the navy, who have not been examined in accordance with the 1st regulation, shall be tested under sect. 281 of the Eegulations of the Marine, 3d part, of the required medi- cal supervision. The company report, when the examina- tion was before the man went on board, and the commander, when this test was after he was on board, shaU take note of the same, to be reported in the former case to the proper mili- tary head, who will report to the chief of the marme depart- ment; in the latter case, the commander, who will follow the rules under Rule I., here given. 3d The special directions in reference to the medical ex- amination, in accepting the recruit, will be given hereafter. Given at the Palace at Stockholm, Nov. 18, 187b. Freiher F. W. vox Otter. H. P. LiLLIEHOEK. [Remark. —The examinations ordered in 1 and 2 are long ago cai-ried out, and the results handed in to me. In refer- ence to No. 3, a committee of military surgeons has, m connection with the other regulations of acceptance and con-