University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Case summary and correspondence relating to female housewife from south Edinburgh aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: abdominal tuberculosis (glandular), abdominal and back pain, intermenstrual pain. No family...

Scope and Contents Case summary and correspondence relating to male agricultural worker from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: pain and stiffness lower back, tuberculous...

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dazed condition; unable to speak; unconscious; fits; very thirsty; poor memory; numbness in right arm; pain in back and abdomen; cyanosis; dysphasic disturbances; aphasia; sarcoma; and metastasis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: subacute staphylococcal abscesses; periosteal sarcoma; pain in upper abdomen and back; and paraparesis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: backache; and epigastric pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: backache; abdominal pain; Hodgkin's disease; and lymphadenoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: spastic paraparesis; vomiting; muscle weakness; back pain; and abdominal pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Charts and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; back pain; and abdominal pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 30 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar backache; abdominal pain; nausea; and diarrhoea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low backache; thigh pain; and low abdominal pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.