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A Manual of Instructions for Enlisting and Discharging Soldiers.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1863. First. HB. Spine lettering darkened, but overall a VG+ book. / No Jacket. Item #20

[MEDICAL-MANUAL] A very scarce medical manual adapted to military use. Provides detailed guideline for enlisting and discharging soldiers. Big chapter on feigning problems to avoid service. Has a personal stamp of E.E. Torwick of Volga, SD. Small town of 600, he was listed as a physician there in a 1909 directory.

FRONT BOARD EMBOSSED WITH U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SHIELD.

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