Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about the patients health With the exception of this currently open question (from the list below), there is one more deciphering issue on page 2 of 3 in these lunacy case notes of my ancestor. ![Extract]( > 11.8.16 Is much better now **???** fair health. * * * Related citations: * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about patients previous history * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about nurses entry? * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about administering Paraldehyde * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about escaping through a window * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about symptoms of inflammation * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about administering Brandy and Milk * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about General appearance / Description of Bodily Symptoms * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about a suspicious mark / Diarrhoea * Deciphering Lunacy Asylum case notes about patient "quotations"

The entry reads:

> 11.8.16 Is much better now + in fair health.

" **\+ in** ..." is just and abbreviation for "and in ...".

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Use of '+' for "and" used to be commonplace. Its use is now discouraged or banned in medical practice almost everywhere (along with many other terms which used to be commonly used - such as 'dram', to give another example)