Qualification of American Youths for Military ServiceMedical Statistics Division, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1962 - Physical fitness - 132 pages |
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1953 through July 1958 through June Acne vulgaris acute poliomyelitis applicants for enlistment Armed Forces examining Army boards Bones and Organs Circulatory System column complete medical examination Diagnosis Table diagnostic category direct induction Diseases and Defects disqualification rates disqualified for military Disqualifying Defects Distribution of Medically draftees Endocrine System Examinations of Draftees Failed Mental Test Forces examining stations Genitourinary System induction examinations Infective and Parasitic Korean War Korean War July limiting defects Lower extremities medical reasons Medically Disqualified Youths mental group mental reasons military service Movement Diseases neoplasms Non-Draftees Number Organs of Movement Osteochondrosis Percent Distribution period from August Physical Category physical fitness physical inspection Pilonidal cyst preinduction examination Prevalence of Disqualifying Primary Cause Qualified Preinductees qualified youths qualify for military rates of draftees ratios Refractive errors REGISTRANT specific Spine including neck Standard Form 88 Type of Examination Upper extremities World War II youths disqualified youths for military
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Page 2 - Training Corps or Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and diplomatic representatives, technical attaches of foreign embassies and legations, consuls general, consuls, vice consuls, and consular agents of foreign countries...
Page 108 - ... fisheries in which the fisher may actively engage during the calendar year. (v) A certification signed and dated by the owner of an authorized representative of the owner as follows: "I hereby certify that I am the owner of the vessel, that I have reviewed all information contained on this document, and that it is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.
Page 50 - This factor concerns the functional use of the feet, legs, pelvic girdle, lower back musculature, and lower spine (lower lumbar and sacral) in regard to strength, range of motion, and general efficiency. (4) "H
Page 36 - ... who are too tall or too short are ruled out, yet such a condition is no deterrent to civilian well-being. The reasons for medical rejection and the incidence of each disease and defect are shown on chart N. Within the diagnostic categories on chart N, the main causes of disqualifications are these: character and behavior disorders among the psychiatric disorders; epilepsy among the neurological diseases; late effects of acute poliomyelitis and tuberculosis among the infective and parasitic diseases;...
Page 7 - AFQT scores, applicants are grouped into one of five mental categories, representing a regressive range in mental ability, from very rapid learners (Mental Group I) to very slow learners (Mental Group V).
Page 107 - EPILEPSY OR FITS WHOOPING COUGH PAIN OR PRESSURE IN CHEST KIDNEY STONE OR BLOOD IN URINE CAR, TRAIN. SEA. OR AIR SICKNESS FREQUENT OR SEVERE HEADACHE CHRONIC COUGH SUGAR OR ALBUMIN IN URINE FREQUENT TROUBLE SLEEPING DIZZINESS OR FAINTING SPELLS PALPITATION OR POUNDING HEART BOILS FREQUENT OR TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES EYE TROUBLE HIGH OR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE VENEREAL DISEASE DEPRESSION OR EXCESSIVE WORRY EAR. NOSE OR THROAT TROUBLE CRAMPS IN YOUR LEGS RECENT GAIN OR LOSS OF WEIGHT LOSS OF MEMORY OR AMNESIA...
Page 8 - Recruits cannot: • have previously separated from the military under conditions other than honorable or for the good of the service...
Page 108 - Have you consulted or been treated by clinics, physicians, healers, or other practitioners within the past 5 years for other than minor illnesses?
Page 108 - HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED. IS THERE PENDING. HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR. OR DO YOU INTEND TO APPLY FOR PENSION OR COMPENSATION FOR EXISTING DISABIL ITY?
Page 52 - Minimum vision of 20/400 in each eye without glasses, correctible with glasses to 20/40 in one eye and 20/70 in the second eye, or 20/30 in one eye and 20/100 in the second eye, provided the defective vision is not due to active or progressive organic disease.