Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-08-11
ROSS & RossER, Publishers.
The Diseases and Infirmaties: Exemp.
| ting from the Draft.

The Diseases and Infrmaties: Exemp.
ting from the Draft.
We reprint the following list of disea ses
and infirmities exemptiug from the draft as
being of special interest at this time:
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
| PRovosT-M MARsHAL GEMS OFFICE,S
Washington, Nov. 9. SO J.
CIRCULAR No. 1OO-Paragraph 95 of the
Regulations for the government OF the Bu-
reau Of the Provost M arshal. General of tn g
United States, is amended to read as FOL
| lows:
IS. The following diseases and infrmi-
ties are those which disqualify for military
service and for which only drafted men are
to be rejected as physicallyo or mentally un
ft for the service, viz:
| 1. Manifest imbeoilty.
| 2. Insanity. This includes we'll estab :
lished recent insanity with liability to re-
! currence.
8. Epilepsy, For this disability the
statement Of the drafted man is insufficient,
and fact must be established by the duly
attested affidavit of physician in good
standing, who has attended him in the dis
ease within the six months Immediately
preceding his examination by the Board.
4. Paralysis, general or of one limb or
/ chorea; their existence to be adequately de-
termiued. Decided atrophy Of limb.
5. Acute or organic diseases Of the brain
or spinal cord; of the heart or luug; of the
liver or spleen; Of the kidneys or bladder,
which have so seriously impaired his gener-
al health as to leave no doubt of the mans
incapacity for military service.
| e. Confirmed consumption. Incipient
consumption does not exempt.
2. Cancer; aneurism of the large arteries
| 8. Invetcrate and extensive disease of
the skin, such as will necessarily impair his
efficiency az a soldier.
g. Decided feebleness of Constitution, or
deficient size of chest, sufficient in degree to
leave no doubt of the mans ubftness for
| military service.
10. Scrofula, or constitutional syphilis,
which has SO seriously impaired general
| health as tn leave no doubt of the ms ans in
capacity for military service.
H. Habitual and confirmed intemperauce,
or solitary vice, which has 50 materially en-
| feebed the constitution as to leave no doubt
of the mans incapacity for military service.
IL. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifes-
| ted by positive change of structure, wasting
of the affected limb, or puffuess or distortion
of the joints. does not exempt. Impaired
motion of joints, and contraction of the
limbs alledged to arise from rheum atism
and 10 which the nutrition of the limbs is
not manifestly i'm paired. are to be proved
by examination while 10 a state of anesth-
esia induced by ether only.
13 Pain, whether Stimulating headache.
neuralgia in any of its forms, rheumatism.
lumbago, or affections of the muscles, bones
or Joints, is a symptom of disease so easily
pretended, that it is not TO be admitted as a
cause for exemption unless accompanied with
manifested arrangement of the general
health, wasting of limb, or 9th er positive
sign of disqualifyiDg local desease.
IA. Great injuries or diseases ofthe skull
occasioning impairment of the intellectual
faculties, epilepsy, or other manifest ner-
vous or spasmodic symtoms.
15. Total loss OF sight; total loss of sight
| of right eye; cataract OF right eye; loss OF
crystalline lens of right eye.
| I6. Partial loss of sight of both eyes, wis.,
ion being so greatly impaired as to leave no
doubt of the mans inability to perform
military duty. Serious permanent diseases
| of the ey o or eyelids, 80 manifestly losing
the use of the eyes as to leave no doubt of
the mans incapscity for military duty -
Near sishtedness does not exempt; if found
on trial to be so decided as to incapacitate
| for field service. the an may be Transferred
to the Invalid Corps.
IL. Total loss of nose; deformity of nose
so great as seriously to obstruct respiration /;
ozeua, dependent on carries in progress.
l8. Decided deafness. This disability
must not be admitted on the mere State
ment of the drafted man, but must be proved
by the existence of positive disease, or by
other satisfactory evidence; and it must be
go decided as to leave no doubt of the mans
unftness for military service. Chronic
purulent otorrlea.
10. Incurable diseases or deformities oI
either law, such as will necessarily greatly
impede mastication or speech. Anchylosis
of the lower jaw; carries of the bones of the
face, il in progress; cleft palate (bony); ex-
tepsIve loss of substance of the cheeks, ol
salivary 6stula.
20. Dumbness; permanent loss of voice
not to be admitted without clear and salts
factory proof.
81. Total loss of tongue; hypertrophy
atrophy, mutilation or obstinate chronic ul-
ceration of the tongue, if sufficient In degree
to interfere seriously with the use of the
organ.
%. Stammering, if excessive and CON-
firm ed; to be established by satisfactory evi
dsDce under oath.
%. Loss of q sufficient number of teeti
TO prevent masticstion of food. This applies
to those only where the loss of teeth is sc
great that, if the man were restricted to solic
feod. he would soon become incapacitsted
for military service.
"a. Tumors or wounds on the neck i'm
peding respiration Of deslutition; h'tuls o
iarynx or trachea; torticollis, if of Ions
standing and well marked.
rs. Deformity OF the ch est, or excessive
curvature OF the spine, sufficient to preVsu
the carrying of arms and military equip
meuts; carries of the spine, ribs, or siernum
25. Abdomen grossly protu berant; exces
sive obesity
u 27. Hernia.