Word: offing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Of the Freshmen, 9.5 had had their appendices taken out; 6.4 of the Unclassified men had had this operation.
"The physical examination of Freshman was resumed this fall on the prewar basis. During the war, in spite of the absence of the head of the Department of Hygiene, these examinations were carried out in accordance with army standards and were of great value, in the first place to the...
"The results of the physical examination of Freshmen ought to be interpreted as the final results of the physical condition of students at the completion of their preparatory school careers. Whatever defects are found should carry two suggestions: one, and the more important suggestion, prevention in the preparatory schools; and...
"In many ways our results can be interpreted as reflecting the sanitary intelligence of an enlightened group of parents. We find, for example, very few Freshmen who have neglected teeth. This has been our experience since these examinations were begun in the fall of 1914. The public, or perhaps the...
"From a purely medical point of view, it of interest that whereas in 1914 many of the Freshmen had had portions of their tonsils removed, in 1919 complete removal was the rule.