Arizona republican., 1917-08-03
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHICH
 EXEMPT LISTED FUR PHYSICIANS

A list of the disabilities on which man should be exempted from the se- lective draft army will be in the hands of the physicians who are to make the physical examinations.
 The rules prescribe that all men pre- senting themselves for examination must be stripped.
 A standard height, weight and chest measurement is first set forth for the guidance of the physicians. These fig ures range from a height of five feet and one inch to six feet and six inches The standard weight for a man five feet and one inch tall is given as 11S pounds, his chest deflated at thirty one inches and inflated at B inches For a man six feet and six inches tall the standard weight is 211 pounds, chest 3SA and expansion four inches.
 Variations in weight and expansion are permissible for qualification as follows:
 Height, 61 to GA inches, a variation of pounds and 1 inch in chest expan- sion; GA to 6S inches tall, 10 pounds and inches; 58 to 69 inches, 12 pounds and 2 inches; 69 to 70 inches, II pounds and ? inches; 70 to 73 20 pounds and 2 inches; 73 inches and over, "A pounds variation in weight and ? inches in expansion To be acceptable for military service a man below , feet and inches in | height the rules direct, must be "Of good physique, we'll developed and muscular"
 | Unless exceptionally well propor- l tioned,' the rules also say, men above feet and inches in height should be rejected"
 Causes for Rejection | Causes given in the rules for rejec- ton of men for military service include the following
 Mental lack of normal understanding, Skin, chronic, contagious and para sitic diseases, when severe and exten- sive; chronic ulcers, deep or extensive
 Head, abrupt depression in skull, the consequence of old fracture.
 Spine, curvatures, carries, abscess lateral curvature is cause for rejection when it exceeds one inch to either side
 Ears, all forms of obitis media; per foration of tympanum.
 Eyes, acuity of vision below stand ardized requirements, conjunctival af- | ltCtlOH, HlCluulIlS tTdcnOma and en- tropia, Strabismus and other affec. tions affecting clear vision
 Mouth, nose and faces, deformitie. interfering with mastication or speech chronic alterations, Assures. or per. forations of the hard palate; hyper. trophy of the tonsils sufficient to in. terfere with the respiration or phona tion; loss of voice or manifest altera. ton of it.
 Four Good MoIars Required Teeth-At least four serviceable mo. lars required on each side of jaw. two above and two below; good fittins bridge or plate where not more thar one half of the teeth are involved i. not disqualifying.
 Neck-Pronounced goitre, great en largement or alterations of the cervi cal glands.
 Chest-All chronic diseases of lung and heart
 Abdomen-C Chronic imitation of tn gastro-intestinal tract, including chron ic diarrhoea, dysentery and other dis eases of the contained organs.
 All genito- urinary diseases, hemor rfoids of pronounced type, prolapsus fistula and Assures.
 Other ailments included in the lis are rheumatism, diseases of the joint of disabling type, irreducible or fals joints, severe strains, atrophy, paraly