His hands and arms are not capable of much work or muscular exertion. Mr. Mudie would be quite fit for office work, or for supervision in the town or neighbourhood, involving little walking; and nothing more than this is expected of him. I would recommend that he be granted three months additional leave, as some further improvement of a temporary kind may still be expected from treatment.
On the other hand, if the duties of his Office involve much walking or physical exertion, Mr. Mudie is not fit, and there is no reasonable hope that he will ever be able for such work. In case his post entails such duties, I advise that he be retired at once.
I enclose a note from Dr. Bramwell on the case. I have only to remark, that such improvement as Dr. Bramwell hopes for does not, if realized, in any way affect the conclusion to which I have arrived, as to Mr. Mudie's permanent unfitness for more than Office and Supervisory work, involving little walking or muscular exertion.
Darcohen, Mil. Hill: Edinburgh 9th June 1904.
To the Under Secretary Colonial Office.
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