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Title: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: Fisherman on Friday 09 October 20 09:07 BST (UK)

Is anyone able to decipher the reason Herbert Pryce Bullock was discharged.
The only word i can make out is chronic.
Many thanks
Fisherman

Title: Re: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: ShaunJ on Friday 09 October 20 09:16 BST (UK)

otitis media

Title: Re: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: Fisherman on Friday 09 October 20 09:33 BST (UK)

Thanks Shaun.
I had to look that up to find out what it was. I'd never heard of it by its medical term.
Fisherman

Title: Re: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: Annie65115 on Saturday 10 October 20 14:20 BST (UK)

Chronic otitis media, to be precise -- he probably had a perforated eardrum with a permanent discharge from the ear (nice!). In medical terms, "chronic" = "longstanding" and makes no reference to severity.

Title: Re: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: ShaunJ on Saturday 10 October 20 15:11 BST (UK)

 

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a perforated eardrum with a permanent discharge from the ear (nice!)

I had that when I was a small child. It wasn't nice.

Title: Re: Medical discharge from RAF in 1918
Post by: Fisherman on Saturday 10 October 20 15:12 BST (UK)

Thanks for that Annie,
It could not have been pleasant