Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-05-16
Gbe Obio 6tatesnra,r
The COnscription Law--PhysicaI Causes
of Exemption.

about to be Issued by the War Department
The following is an extract from the regula-
tions In regard to exemptions: .'t
65. The following Diseases and infrmities
are those which disqualify for military service,
and for which only, drafted mon are to be "re-
jected as physically Or mentally unfit for tho
SERVICE" viz:
/. Manifest imbeclity or insanity.
2. Epilepsy. For this disability the state
ment Of the drafted man is insufficient, and the
fact must he established by the duly attested
affidavit OF a physician, of good standing, who
has attended him in convulsion.
8. Paralysis, general Or Of one limb, or cho-
rea; their existence TO be adequately deter
| mined.
A. Acute or organic disease of the brain or
spinal cord; OF the heart or lungs; of the
stomach or intestines; of the liver or spleen;
of the kidneys or bladder, sufficient TO have i'm.
paired the general health, or so we'll marked as
to leave no reasonable doubt of the mans
incapacity for military service. ID
| b. Confirmed consumption; cancer; SneurIsm
OF the large arteries.
d. lnveterate and extensive disease of the
skin, which will necessarily impair his eff.
cheney as soldier.
7. Decided teebleness Of constitution, whether
natural or acquired.
3. Sorofula or constitutional syphilis, which
has resisted treatment and seriously impaired
his general health.
y. Habitual and confirmed Intemperance or
solitary vice, in degree sufficient to have ma.
terially enfeebled the constitution.
10. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested
by positive change of structure, wasting of the
affected limb, or puffiness or distortion OF the
joints and contraction Of the limbs, alleged to
arise from rheumatism, and In which the nu.
triton of the limb ia not manifestly impaired,
are to be proved by examination while 10
state of an@sthesia, induced by ether only.
IL. Pain, whether Stimulating headache, neu-
ralgia In any of its forms, rheumatism, lumbago,
or affections of the muscles, bones or joint,, 10
a symptom of disease go easily pretended that
Il is not to be admitted as cause for exemp-
tion, unless accompanied With manifest de-
rangement OF The general health, wasting Of
limb, or other positive signs of dHqualifying
local disease. r.v- asrgs
IL. Great injuries or diseases of the skull,
occasioning impairment Of the intellectual
faculties, epilepsy or other manifest neryous or
srasmodic symptoms
l3. Total loss of sight; loss of sight of right
eye; cataract; loss Of crystalline lena Of right
eye.
IA. Other serious diseases of the eye affect
ing its integrity and uae, e. g: Chronological.
mia, fistula lachrymalis, ptosis (if resD, ectro-
pion, entropion, etc. Myopia, unless very de-
cided or depending upon some structural
change in the eye, is not cause for Cxemp-
tiOn.
Is Loss Of noses deformity of nose go great
as seriously to obstruct respiration; ozsEa, de-
pendent upon carries in progress. b..
l6. Complete deafness. This disability must
not be admitted on the mere statement OF the
DATED man, but must be proved by the exist.
ence Of positive disease, or by other satisfactory
evidence. Purulent ottorrhea
II. Carries Of the superior or infer ior maxila
of the nasal or palate bones, II in progress; left
palate (bony); extensive loss of substance Of
the cheeks, or salivary fstula.
l8. Dumbness; permanent loss of voice; not
TO be admitted without clear and satisfactory
proof.
19. Total loss of tongue; mutlation or par
tial loss of tongue, provided tho mutilatiOn be
extensive enough to interfere with the necessary
use of the organ.
90. Hypertrophy ur atrophy of the tongue,
sufficient In degree to impair speech or de-
glutition; obstinate chronic liberation Of the
tongue.
81 Stammeripg, If excessive and confirmed;
to be established by satisfactory evidence, under
oath.
90. Loss Of sufficient number Of teeth to
prevent proper mastlcation of food and tearing
the cartridge.
90 lacurable deiormitea or loss of part Of
either jaw, hindering biting of the cartridge or
proper mastication, or greatly ipjufing speech; /;
anchylosis OF lover jaw.
"a. Tumors of the neck, impeding respira.
tion OF deglutition; fstulA or larynx or ira
ohes; torticolis, II of long stindng aud we'll
marked.
25. Delormity of the cheat sufficient to i'm
pede respiration, or TO prevent the cRIrsing of
arms and military equipments; csries Of the
ribs
26 Deficient amplitude and power of expan-
sion Of chest. A man Eve feet three inches
(minmum standard height for the regular
army should not measure less than thirty
inches In circumieren Immediately above the
nipples, and have an expansive mobility Of not
less than two inches. I
81. Abdomen grossly protuberant; excessive
obesity; hernia, either languid or femoral
%. Artificial anus; structure of the rectum;
prolapsus ami. Fistula In anO Is not positive
disqualification, but may be go If extensive or
complicated with vsceral disease.
80 Old and liberated internal hemorrhoids,
If in degree sufficient to impair the mans eff
cheney. External hemorihoids are no cause for
exemption. ,-,f.
30. Total loss or nearly total loss of penis;
epispadia or hypospadia at the middle or near
the root Of the penis.
81. lncurable permanent organic structure of
the urethra, in which the urine is passed drop
by drop, or which is complicated by disease Of
the bladder; urinary fstula. Recent or spas.
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