Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889.
- Marine Hospital Service
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINA- TION OF SEAMEN. I. Medical officers of the Marine-Hospital Service, detailed to conduct the physical examination required by paragraph 88 of the Regulations, will be guided by the following general directions: II. Any one of the following defects will be sufficient cause for rejection, viz: Decided cachexia; strumous diathesis, or apparent predisposition to any constitutional disease; permanent defects of either of the extremities or articulations, causing inefficiency; un- natural excurvature or incurvature of the spine; impaired vision; color-blindness; myopia; chronic disease of the visual oi'gans; epi- lepsy; insanity; apparent tendency to convulsions; chronic disease of the ears; deafness; chronic nasal catarrh; polypi; chronic tonsi- lar enlargement; chronic ulcers, or cicatrices of old ulcers likely to break out afresh; chronic cardiac affections; insufficient chest ex- pansion; hernia; sarcocele; hydrocele; varicocele, unless slight; stricture of the urethra or rectum; fistula; hemorrhoids; varicose veins of lower limbs, unless slight; stature less than five feet. III. Besides the above, the existence of any disease, physical de- formity, or abnormal condition of such character .as to incapacitate the candidate for the performance of his duties, will be cause for rejection. IV. In making the examinations, medical officers will be guided by the following special directions, which are slightly modified from those in force in the United States Army: ' 1. In physical examinations of officers, as preliminary to promo- tion, and of enlisted men, as preliminary to re-enlistment, the cloth- ing may or may not be removed, at the discretion of the examining surgeon. 2. In case the disease or disability for which an applicant was rejected is temporary in its character, the rejection at such examina- tion shall not debar him from subsequent examination, in case he claims that the disease for which he was rejected has disappeared. 3. The applicant will be required to divest himself of all his cloth- ing, in the presence of the examining surgeon, so that any defect, as a stiff joint, etc., which the applicant would wish-to conceal, maybe detected, especially as he will be thrown off his guard, not supposing the examination had commenced. Having divested himself of his clothing, the candidate should be asked his name, age, nativity'’, and occupation, and questioned in regard to his general health and that [103]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28716097_0109.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
