title: Medical aspects of recruiting for the Brigade of Gurkhas.
abstract: The medical aspects of recruiting for the Brigade of Gurkhas are discussed with particular emphasis to the medical examination being the first sieve in the recruiting process. In 1987 there were 248 medical failures of a total of 913 recruits examined. The commonest causes of failure were an abnormal chest X-Ray and chronic middle ear disease with or without defective hearing.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D009390:Nepal; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods; D010808:Physical Examination; D006113:United Kingdom