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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    physiological principles as its basis, (and which indeed cannot be disregarded with impunity) then the age at which the training commences is not of much moment, provided the nature of the training is suited to the years. But for the economy of the training system, the more normal the concurrence of age, height, weight and development that can be obtained, the better will be the result. I have brought these topics before you, be- cause the condition and the growth of the recruit and the young soldier naturally chal- lenge our attention at the outset; and as an example of how you must take a broad and strictly physiological view of pathology, in order to appreciate the caiises and the nature of disease. The result of an improper selection of grow- ing lads, and the injudicious exercises through which they are put, instead of training them according to well - ascertained physiological principles, tends in the first instance to encum- ber the military hospitals, and if the system does not lead to the premature death of the young soldier, he is sooner or later thrown out upon the civil population with one or more of