Discover the scope of early 20th‑century military health screening and what it revealed about draftees.
This nonfiction work compiles the methods, results, and classifications used to evaluate physical fitness at mobilization camps, offering a detailed look at how large populations were assessed and categorized.
From the table of contents and content excerpts, you’ll encounter:
- How recruits were examined, recorded, and sorted across multiple boards and camps
- The types of defects and diseases tracked, from eye and ear conditions to tuberculosis and mental health
- How urban and rural differences shaped patterns of health and disqualification
- The structure of tables and indices that organize data by state, defect, and prevalence
You’ll gain insight into the scale, standards, and practical challenges of mass medical screening in a historic military context. Ideal for readers interested in medical history, public health data, or World War I era mobilization.