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7/4/1917: BSD: could this be Bearer Sub-Division???? A few other abbreviations: C.M.D.S., D.S. I guess D.S. means Dressing Station, also in C.M.D.S.; but where does C.M. stand for?
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CMDS stands for Corps Main Dressing Station. BSD - I think it is also Bearer Sub Division.
Erik, Here is a Great War Abbreviations List: http://www.briancurragh.com/page6.htm and also
List of medical abbreviations link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations:_A
You may have the medical list of abbreviations already.
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cyngast
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Marie is right that BSD means Bearer Sub-Division.
DS is Dressing Station. On this page, I notice there's a Cdn. D.S. which is Canadian Dressing Station, and A. D. S., which is Advanced Dressing Station, in this case in Dingwall Tunnel.
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Image AWD0003tt9 6/6/1917 another medical abbreviation F.C.J. (or S.C.J.) meaning?
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I read it as ICT: inflammation of the connective tissue - there is another medical abbreviation list here:
Also another interesting link for medical terms: https://quizlet.com/30741847/ch-7-med-terms-flash-cards/
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ral104
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Yes, I agree - looks like ICT.
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cyngast
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When I googled "ICT illness" it brought up this thread from the Invision Zone: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/78766-medical-abbreviation-ict/ It's rather confusing, but there is mention of skin conditions.
This is from the thread: "The medical history of the great war explains that I.C.T. was a general term for suppurating skin diseases (Pyodermia), caused mainly due to parasitic disease, but did not include scabies. This was extremely common among soldiers in the Great War due to the dirty conditions they had to live in." but there's no explanation given of what "medical history" source that was.
Skin diseases actually sound to me more likely to fall into the principal diseases category than inflammation of connective tissue. However, I'm not an expert in any way on medical topics.
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Entries in this link https://quizlet.com/30741847/ch-7-med-terms-flash-cards/ (as mentioned above) under - (Heading of Article - ICT: inflammation of the connective tissue) also mention:
A chronic inflammatory connective-tissue disease affecting the skin, joints, nervous system, kidneys, lungs, and other organs. The most striking symptom of the disease is the "butterfly rash" that appears on both cheeks, joined by a narrow band of rash across the nose.
Search for skin - 2 entries will come up.
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One of the symptoms are boils (Image AWD0003tpi top line)
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ral104
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Whatever it was, it doesn't sound like much fun.
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