Hints on the medical examination of recruits for the Army : and on the discharge of soldiers from the service on surgeon's certificate : adapted to the service of the United States / by Thomas Henderson.

  • Henderson, Thomas, 1789-1854.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Hints on the medical examination of recruits for the Army : and on the discharge of soldiers from the service on surgeon's certificate : adapted to the service of the United States / by Thomas Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If there be one point on which, more than on any other, the efficiency of the rank and file of an army depends, that point is the proper discharge of the duties of the Recruiting Ser- vice. By military regulation, this is confided to the recruiting line officer and the inspecting medical officer. The opinion is entertained by some that these duties consist in a simple routine of almost superficial examination, while others think that it scarcely requires medical scrutiny to select recruits. How this matter is viewed in the military establish-