Centrally issued army medical orders were routinely not carried out as written

Evidence

It was one thing for Clot Bey or the medical authorities in Cairo to stipulate that soldiers were to be segregated and regularly examined, it was another thing for this segregation and these examinations to be carried out as planned. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1130

Categorization

• XREF: Illustrates the gap between Cairo’s command and field execution that recurs throughout Muhammad Ali’s army history.