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Title: medical handwriting
Post by: whitehound on Saturday 07 April 12 18:48 BST (UK)

Can anybody make soemthing out of this?  It's from my father's army records, describing his distinguishing marks - the latter part says "scar eyebrow L.", but what's the first word?

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: yonderpeasant on Saturday 07 April 12 18:50 BST (UK)

looks like linear scar

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: craggagh on Saturday 07 April 12 18:51 BST (UK)

Hello -

I would agree with linear scar.

craggagh.

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: whitehound on Saturday 07 April 12 18:55 BST (UK)

Could be, yes - all his other is are dotted but not very heavily, so maybe his pen just dried up on that one.  Thanks.

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: whitehound on Saturday 07 April 12 19:02 BST (UK)

What about this one - any idea about the word after "reserve" on the bottom line?

The context is that this is my father signing on for the army in 1944 as a schoolboy when he had just turned 17 - he wasn't actually taken into the army until the following year.

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: SmallTownGirl on Saturday 07 April 12 20:31 BST (UK)

is it "vide" meaning "refer to" ?

STG

Title: Re: medical handwriting
Post by: whitehound on Saturday 07 April 12 20:36 BST (UK)

Thanks, yes, that sounds feasible doesn't it?  Then the bit after that would be a code number for some army document which should be referred to.