Discharge document of Private Robert

[Ryohei56]

Hi. I have a discharge document belonging to one of my ancestors, and I'm having trouble deciphering the reason for his discharge, as set out in the third item - "Certificate of the cause of discharge". I've attached an image of the whole page, and I also isolated & imaged the handwritten text in question (with a bit of cleaning up).

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what this says. 

Thanks in advance

Alan Stewart

[josey]

Still working on it but
'Reduction & pulmonic affliction affection' 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4644909
http://www.nsmm.nu/nsmm2012Friman.pdf

Or the & may be like an alpha sign and may mean 'because of' 

[Treetotal]

Welcome to Rootschat Alan:
Good call Josie...I wondered if it was "L" meaning left Pulmonic...I also think the quick answer could be T.B.
Carol

[Ryohei56]

Wow - that was quick! Robert was only in the Army for 14 years, at a time when I believe 21-23 years was the norm. It would make sense of the fact that he got a pension on discharge.

Thank you for this help

[josey]

Welcome to rootschat from me too  .

Wow - that was quick!

Depends who spots your post & how quickly but it's amazing how speedily some queries are solved!! I've seen whole latin wills translated within a day.

Yes, could be 'L', Carol.