Rules regarding defects of vision which disqualify candidates for admission into the various departments of the Indian government service / by J. Fayrer ; with appendix containing regulations as to range of vision necessary to qualify a candidate for admission into the Royal Navy, British Army and Civil Service.

  • Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.
Date:
1886
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    of vision; and as such I trust this work will be acceptable to all who are interested. The Secretary of State for India in Council has been pleased to sanction these rules for the Indian Service under the following stipulations, that— '•' These rules are printed for the convenience of those who may have to conduct medical examinations, and of those who may be intending to become Candidates for any of the branches of tlie Indian Service to which they refer. But it must be distinctly understood that the Secretary of State in Council, while sanctioning the publication of these rules, reserves to himself an absolute right to reject at his discretion any Candidate whom he may consider to be, for any physical reason, unfitted for the service he desires to enter. * I desire to express my cordial thanks to Messrs. Mac- namara and John Couper, and also to my colleague on the Medical Board, Brigade-Surgeon H. Cayley, whose valuable counsel has been of great assistance. To these gentlemen, it is almost needless to repeat, this work owes whatever merit it may be found to possess. J. FAYEEE. ♦Letter No. M. 6560, dated July 8, 1886, from Military Secretary to Govern- ment of India, to Sm-geon-General Sir J. Fayrer, M.D., K.C.S.I.