| The lieutenant in his white helmet is in the uniform of the Medical Corps. The man behind him is his Indian medical assistant. It was important to give all recruits a thorough inspection on their arrival. Some had illnesses that had not been discovered and officers had to spot the sick boys who might have hookworm, tuberculosis - which was the scourge of the Nepalese hills - or chronic malaria, endemic in all Gurkha regiments. |
