Kevin Tobin Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 I have access to a hospital register at the moment and have come across the following entry. Pte 2092 Bosanko - 25th Field Ambulance. Age 30 - Wes P.A.O I think the first part is Wes. All of the other entries have readable injuries / illnesses. Does anyone know what P.A.O means? Thank you Kevin Sorry found another - 18770 L/Cpl Hugh Corbett - Age 20 I(?). U. O. (I.U.O.) 8th Royal Lancs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Sure it's not PUO? That would be Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (i.e. feverish but nobody knows why). I suppose I.U.O. might be Inflammation [etc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 I?UO - ICUO would be inflammation of connective tissue unknown origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 7 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Thank you all. I am struggling with the handwriting on lots of things, but I will try and post the originals up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 13 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2013 Having gone further through the book it is definitely P U O. Is there a list somewhere of medical abreviations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 14 November , 2013 Share Posted 14 November , 2013 I don't know, but try me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 14 November , 2013 Share Posted 14 November , 2013 This might help http://www.allacronyms.com/cat/7/PUO Enter the abbrieviation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 19 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2013 OK here are a few illnesses/ injuries I have found. Please bare in mind I am trying to decipher someone writing so spellings may be way out!!! Albumaira Busoitis D A H GSW Axilla ICT IUH IUO Myalgia Nephritis PUO Periostitis Perricarditis & Gas Poisoning Synovitis VDH. Lots of people seem to have GSW Buttocks!!! The other regulars apart from Gun Shot Wounds are Trench Feet/ Trench Fever. Thanks to anyone who helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 19 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2013 This is the type of detail I have??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 19 November , 2013 Share Posted 19 November , 2013 Albuminuria: albumin (a protein) is present in the urine. Usually (not always) a symptom of kidney disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 19 November , 2013 Share Posted 19 November , 2013 Axilla - armpit Myalgia - muscle pain ICT - inter-connective tissue Nephritis - inflammation of kidney/s Periostitis - bone infection (ends of long bones I think) Synovitis - inflamed tendon/s Pericarditis - inflammation of membrane round heart PUO - Pyrexia of Unknown Origin - unexplained fever Busoitis I guess to be bursitis, inflamed/swollen cartilage at joints (knees, hips etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 19 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2013 Brilliaint!!!! Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 19 November , 2013 Share Posted 19 November , 2013 Glad I could help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 20 November , 2013 Share Posted 20 November , 2013 DAH - Disordered Action of Heart IUH - the modern abbreviation is for Isolated Unilateral Hydrocephalus but I am not at all sure that would have been in use then. IUO - ? Inflammation Unknown Origin (if not a misread for PUO) VDH - Valvular Disease of Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guidoaston Posted 20 November , 2013 Share Posted 20 November , 2013 i understand that the influenza around at the end of the Great war, Spanish Flu, was usually classified as PUO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 20 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2013 Thank you to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 21 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2013 This one had me stumped for a while!!! Good old Google.. ptomaine poisoning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 21 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2013 Sorry I can't work this one out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 21 November , 2013 Share Posted 21 November , 2013 Impetigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 21 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 21 November , 2013 Well I can see it now but would never have got that!! I thought it said Dumplings !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc2 Posted 22 November , 2013 Share Posted 22 November , 2013 Axilla - armpit Myalgia - muscle pain ICT - inter-connective tissue Nephritis - inflammation of kidney/s Periostitis - bone infection (ends of long bones I think) Synovitis - inflamed tendon/s Pericarditis - inflammation of membrane round heart PUO - Pyrexia of Unknown Origin - unexplained fever Busoitis I guess to be bursitis, inflamed/swollen cartilage at joints (knees, hips etc) I have seen ICT interpreted as Injury, Connective Tissue or as Infection, Connective Tissue. I don't think "inter-connective tissue" makes any sense, medically. Periostitis would not technically be "bone infection", as that would be "Osteitis". "Periostitis" would be infection of the bone covering (the periosteum). "Synovitis" is not "inflamed tendons", but an inflammation of the tissues lining the interior of a joint (the "synovium"). Agree that post 18 is "Impetigo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 22 November , 2013 Share Posted 22 November , 2013 Thanks for the corrections Doc. I knew I had periostitis not quite right... good thing we are not talking live patients here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 22 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 22 November , 2013 Thank you all. This place is great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc2 Posted 22 November , 2013 Share Posted 22 November , 2013 I wonder if in post 18 the second word after "impetigo" is perhaps "contagious". At least it starts out that way. Thanks for the corrections Doc. I knew I had periostitis not quite right... good thing we are not talking live patients here! Always glad to help when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tobin Posted 23 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2013 Thank you to all those that have helped with this topic. Here are a few photos from the Bicester Red Cross Convalescent Hospital 1914 - 1918 register. I now have a full list of names for the register. I will supply them to GFW once I have checked them as the Handwriting was difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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