Richard Matlock Posted 22 August , 2009 Share Posted 22 August , 2009 Hello all just kindly been sent a service record for a DVR G .DUFF. R.A on his service record in Augsut 1916 he is admitted to hospital and then to England with I.C.T.Ankle ? Any idea what an I.C.T is ? Rich M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 22 August , 2009 Share Posted 22 August , 2009 Inflammation of the connective tissue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 22 August , 2009 Share Posted 22 August , 2009 Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc2 Posted 23 August , 2009 Share Posted 23 August , 2009 That is the most common usage, but I have also seen it used to mean "injury of the Connective Tissue". Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 23 August , 2009 Share Posted 23 August , 2009 Agreed, Doc. To get him first hospitalised and then evacuated to England, I thought perhaps a ruptured Achilles tendon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Matlock Posted 23 August , 2009 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2009 Still going through the service record which is about 27 pages, i think he was run over by a wagoon which possibly caused this injury that would seem to fit in with the ICT. Thanks again Rich M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hindoo Stan Posted 16 May , 2017 Share Posted 16 May , 2017 Not sure if this thread is still being watched. I have also just identified the "I C T ankle" term on my grandfathers records. I know for certain this term was being used to describe his trench foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 May , 2017 Share Posted 16 May , 2017 Can you be sure it wasn't in addition to his trench foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augmauns Posted 16 May , 2017 Share Posted 16 May , 2017 According to the AWM Medical History, ICT as a category was sometimes used to disguise the prevalence of trench foot (& thus perhaps point an accusing finger at poor discipline / hygiene / management). "It had proved at least a convenient means for the camouflage (as ‘‘I.C.T.’ or “sore feet”) of much trench foot". Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augmauns Posted 16 May , 2017 Share Posted 16 May , 2017 Sorry, should have added the reference: AWM Medical History Vol2 Chap5 Page97 Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hindoo Stan Posted 17 May , 2017 Share Posted 17 May , 2017 19 hours ago, IPT said: Can you be sure it wasn't in addition to his trench foot? As sure as I can be. No family oral or written history of any other war injury. Plenty oral history about the trench foot. No researched evidence of other injuries found. He was admitted to a temporary Red Cross hospital in the UK on 3rd December 1918 after hostilities ceased. Many other patients there were identified as either trench foot admissions or had "myalgia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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