On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by William Aitken.

Date:
1862
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Credit: On the growth of the recruit and young soldier : with a view to a judicious selection of "growing lads" for the army, and a regulated system of training for recruits / by William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PREFACE. The following pages embrace tlie topics of two lectures, introductory to the Practical Courses of Instruction at the Army Medical School, delivered at the opening of its fourth session, in April last. Divested of technical terms in its treatment, the subject was beKeved to be of sufficient importance to warrant publication in a form that might be useful and suggestive to those who have to do with recruits and young soldiers; and at the request of Major General Eyre, commanding the garrison at Chatham, it is