Manual of instructions for military surgeons on the examination of recruits and discharge of soldiers : with an appendix, containing the official regulations of the Provost-Marshal General's Bureau, and those for the formation of the invalid corps, etc., etc. / prepared at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission by John Ordronaux.

  • Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908.
Date:
1863
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    up a chronic conjunctivitis and often produces epipho ra, bv everting the orifices of the lachrymal ducts. En- canthis may assume a cancerous, fungous, or calculous character, in which conditions it always constitutes a dis- qualiiicatiou for military service. Even when of a benign character, it is a cause tor rejection, for it is only curable by extirpation ; but in soldiers it justifies a discharge only when its volume forbids its removal, or when after such operation, there remains some serious disorder, such as granular lids, epiphora, or eversion of the eyelid. The lachrymal caruncle may be wanting, which is a rare thing; but this would justify neither a rejection nor a discharge. SECTION XX. DISEASES OF THE NOSE AND NASAL F0SS.E. § 173. Examinations of the nose by the sight and touch are usually sufficient for the purpose of discov- ering its diseases ; the sense of smell may also be used, together with the blunt probe, or catheter, employed in diseases of the nasal passages. Deformities. § 174. Deformities of the nose to the extent of sensi- bly hindering either respiration or speech, and which may be congenital, or the result of fractures, of cicatri- ces consequent upon wounds, of burns, a rhinoplasty operation, or a state of permanent congestion, and pro- ducing either partial or complete loss of the nose, or