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The high percentage of those who have been rejected or deferred because of foot defects among civilians called to the armed services bears out the often quoted saying that no part of the body is more neglected in general medical practice than the feet. A recent article titled "Health of Selective Service Registrants"1states that 30,000 of a total of 720,000 examined were unqualified for general military service because of foot defects. Of these, 21,000 were qualified for limited military service and 9,000 were disqualified for any military service. A large number of those qualified for limited service have defects that are remedial. Many of these defects could have been prevented by giving better attention to footgear in early childhood and youth. Frequent examinations will prevent many bony malformations which later lead to various keratotic lesions of the feet. These preventive measures are neglected now. Even the treatment of

At the request of the American Committee on Optics and Visual Physiology, the following supplement is presented. For details, the reader is referred to the original articles. 1 ARMY, INCLUDING SELECTIVE SERVICE For appointments in commissioned grades, no changes. For induction of enlisted personnel . General service: (a) Binocular (both eyes open) vision of not less than 20/40 without glasses, provided the vision in the more defective eye is not less than 20/70 without glasses and provided the defective vision is not due to active or progressive organic disease. (b) Visual acuity without glasses of not less than 20/200 in each eye, provided vision is correctable to 20/40 in each eye and provided the defective vision is not due to active or progressive organic disease. The actual possession of suitable glasses by an individual is not required for his acceptance under these standards.2 Limited service : (a) Minimum vision of 20/400 in

It has generally been supposed that the bends and the chokes 1 occur infrequently or not at all at altitudes under 30,000 feet. According to Armstrong, 2 "With ascents at rates as high as 12,000 feet per minute up to 30,000 feet, symptoms are seldom noted even after prolonged stays at that altitude." The present report is concerned with demonstrating that this need not be the case and that under appropriate conditions bends equaling in incidence and severity those reported at altitudes above 30,000 feet may be produced in the low pressure chamber at altitudes as low as 26,000 feet. SUBJECTS Subjects participating in these experiments were all volunteers from this unit. It is believed that they represent a fair cross section of Air Corps enlisted personnel. All had passed the required modified "64 examination." Only one of these men was on limited service, and this because of defective vision.

In the United States, the literature is barren as to the value of the ultraviolet rays in the treatment of peritoneal and glandular tuberculosis of children, even though various authors, such as Selma Meyer, 1 in 1918, and R. Hamburger, 2 in 1920, from Czerny's clinic, have reported very favorably on its use in tuberculosis of the peritoneum and of the glands. Recently Finkelstein, 3 and Rohr, 4 Birk 5 and Kleinschmidt 6 have made similar reports, although Birk is inclined to prefer the roentgen ray in many instances. Since the fall of 1921, we have been interested in carrying out this treatment in the various forms of tuberculosis that have come to our limited service. Ten cases have been observed since then, and the observations made on them form the basis of this report. All our patients were exposed to one of the same sources of light, namely, a