Issue 10, pp. 753-832, October 1861, SMSJ

l.]Editorial.EDITORIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.ARMY MEDICAL BOARD.Surgeon General's Office, )Richmond, Va.,gept. 27, 1861. ]"Army Medical Boards, lor the examination of Surgeons and AssistantSurgeous, have been ordered to convene at Norfolk, Richmond, YorktownandManaCandidates for the appointments of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeonswill be examined by these Boards, on presenting an invitation to appearbefore them from the Secretary of War, which may be obtained by forwardingtheir application, with testimonials of moral character, to theAYar Department.Examining Board- will be held at other points further South at aconvenient time."The Board of Medical Examiners, appointed by the Governor of Ohioto examine candidates for the Medical Staff of the army, have adoptedthe rule that no person shall be appointed Surgeon who has not a respectablediploma, and who has not practiced medicine ten years. A diplomaand five years' practice are required for Assistant Surgeons. Theexamination to be made by written questions and answers.The prevalent opinion that Army Surgeons have more to do withsurgical than other affections is a grievous error, as the history of allcampaigns abundantly t< I ndeed, the danger of being wounded isthe least that a soldier should dread. A writer of distinction declaresthat in an army of one hundred thousand men, there will be ten thousandtaken sick in the course of the three first months' service, exclusive ofwounds! And the proportion will be still greater in the event of anepidemic! How important it is, therefore, that those who have to treatthem should be men