PROCEEDINGS OF A REGIMENTAL BOARD
Medical Report on the case of
No 3089 Pte Fred Coe
Who is recommended for Discharge
| Questions |
Answers |
| 1. State the name of the disability, &c |
1. Valvula disease of the Heart |
| 2. How and when incurred, and if not entirely so, how far in the opinion
of the Surgeon the disability is considered to have been caused or
aggravated by climate or exposure in and by the Service, or by the
performance of any Military duty on which the Soldier may have been
employed. |
2. First appeared three Months ago : cause not known attributable to no
special duty tho contracted while in Barracks
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| 3. If the disability be incurred directly by the Service, state its
nature, and if a wound or injury, by what weapon inflicted, or by what
specific act of duty incurred. | 3. Directly by the
Service |
| 4. If the disability be attributable to malarious or climatic or other
influences, state whether prevalent in the Regiment at the time, or if the
man was by any act of Military duty exposed to such influences, or other
cause from which it may have resulted. |
4. No |
| 5. Describe the man's present state, whether the disability is likely to
be permanent or only temporary, stating in the latter case its probable
duration, and in all cases how far it will probably affect his future power
of contributing to his own support. | 5. Pain in
the chest: Palpitations shortness of breath likely to be permanent & making
him unable to do any work |
| 6. State how far the disability has been caused or aggravated by
Intemperance or other vices | 6. Not caused by Vice |
| Signature C Hay Surgeon Major
Place London
Date 19 Sept 1877 |
Opinion of the Inspecting Medical Officer
I hereby declare that I have carefully read the whole of the Medical Records
of the case of No. 3089 Pte Fredk Coe Coldm Regiment
of Gds , and have made a most minute personal examination of the
man himself, in which I have verified the answers of
Surgeon Major C V Cay (name the Medical
Officer) to the above questions,
and I am of the opinion that the disability of No. 3089
Pte Fredk Coe Coldm Regiment of Gds is
fully and accurately described, and that it permanently incapacitates him for
the active duties of a Soldier.
Signature of Principal Medical Officer
Place London
Date 22nd September 1877
I concur in the opinion as to this man's unfitness for further Service.
Signature of the Inspecting General
Fredk Stephenson M [???]
The Discharge of the above named man is approved by His Royal Highness The Field Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief.
Horse Guards 13 October 1877