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Report To The U.S. Sanitary Commission. On A System For The Economical Relief Of Disabled Soldiers, And On Certain Proposed Amendments To Our Present Pension Laws
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| 718 | 36th. Injury of ankle, accompanied by partial anchylosis with lameness. | |
| 719 | 37th. Injury of foot, with loss of os calcis, accompanied by lameness, or incapacity to stand on it. | |
| 720 | 38th. Loss of penis, with loss of power to urinate; or loss of penis with testicles; or loss of penis accompanied by an incurable disease of the testicles. | |
| 721 | To the third class belong those who, in consequence of serious injury of any important part of the body, are, evidently, much inconvenienced in the use of that part, and also those who, in consequence of wounds, have become invalided. | |
| 722 | Injuries for which persons shall be assigned to the third class, are the following, viz: | |
| 723 | 1st. Injuries of the head, preventing the wearing of the head-dress. | |
| 724 | 2d. Exfoliation of the external table of the skull, or extensive loss of its substance in any part, from wounds or trephining. | |
| 725 | 3rd Purulent ophthalmia, with granulations. | |
| 726 | 4th. Loss of sight of one eye. | |
| 727 | 5th. Impairment of sight, produced by any incurable disease of the eyes. | |
| 728 | 6th. Lagophthalmia, blepharoptosis, ectropion, entropion, coloboma. | |
| 729 | 7th. Fistula Lachrymalis. | |
| 730 | 8th. Epiphora. | |
| 731 | 9th. Loss of nose. | |
| 732 | 10th. Loss of ears. | |
| 733 | 11th. Loss of one ear, accompanied by loss of hearing. | |
| 734 | 12th. Chronic purulent otorrhoea, accompanied by weakness of hearing, or its loss. | |
| 735 | 13th. Injury of lips, accompanied by extensive disfiguration, or injury of lips with loss of several teeth. | |
| 736 | 14th. Incurable salivary fistula. | |
| 737 | 15th. Small, incurable fistula, wherever situated. | |
| 738 | 16th. Shortening of arm, produced by loss of portion of bones, or fractures. | |
| 739 | 17th. Loss, or paralysis of the first finger of the right hand. | |
| 740 | 18th. Loss, or paralysis of three fingers of left hand. | |
| 741 | 19th. Injury of foot, accompanied by paralysis of toes. | |
| 742 | 20th. Loss of toes of one foot. | |
| 743 | 21st. Incurable tremor of any part of the body. | |
| 744 | 22d. Loss, or incurable organic lesion of testicles. | |
| 745 | 23rd. Injuries of any part of the body, such as large and feeble scars; permanent swelling, impairing freedom of motion, or incapacitating the party from wearing military accoutrements. | |
