Volunteer Medical Service Corps

Alec N. Thomson, E. H. Crowder, F. R. Keefer, Henry A. Christian
1918 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal  
a) Physicians over 55 years of age. (b) Physicians with obvious physical disabilities which are disqualifying. (c) Those rejected for all government service because of physical disability. 14. What are some of the duties that this last group of physicians ineligible for active military service may be requested to perform? (a) Deducting those members of the medical profession who will eventually be in active military, naval or public health service, fully 75 per cent, of the remainder will be encouraged to continue at the home duties.
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