Re: What would "ruptured" mean? On a WWI registration card?
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What would "ruptured" mean? On a WWI registration card?
Carol Cook 9/15/11
For WWI and it's placement in response to disability question the term "ruptured" refereed to having a hernia.
From a "the Free Dictionary"...
"3. Pathology
a. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.
b. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture."
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Re: What would "ruptured" mean? On a WWI registration card?
Carol Cook 9/16/11