Instructions for medical officers of the United States Navy.

  • United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Instructions for medical officers of the United States Navy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    FORM B.—Certificate of ordinary disability. I hereby certify that , a in the United States Navy, attached to the (a) , , and holding the rank above mentioned, rendered unfit for the performance of his duty, by reason of (b) , as set forth in the record in his case, of which the following is a copy : <* and, therefore, in the opinion of the undersigned, the interests of the service require that he should be discharged. [Signature of Medical Officer.] Com'g U. S. Discharged from the United States naval service on the day of , 18—. [Signature of Fourth Auditor.] (a) If at a navy-yard, ship, or hospital, insert name and place. (b) Wound, casualty, or disease. (c) The record^of the case need not include details of medical treatment: it is necessary to state only the circumstances under which the disease or injury occurred, as far as a claim for pension is involved. (d) Insert whether final, or to hospital, or to ship for passage home; in which last case, the final discharge must be furnished by the Auditor. The above-named was born at , in the State of ; is years of age; feet inches high; complexion; eyes*—r—hair. He entered the United States naval service at on the day of , 18—, and discharged (d) [Signature of Pay-Officer.] Approved: