University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

"Dr says this girl has chorea. Very pale and thin looking, shy and nervous, won't go out, can't do any work. Selfish. Registrar says it is many years since she has been able to work. She is considered clever and good at music but can't bring herself to face people."

Relatives in survey: 2.32

Includes correspondence from Dr Eichoff, Jordanburn Nerve Hospital

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; hyperkinesis; choreoathetosis; and mental deficiency. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, charts, notes and typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: ?basal encephalitis; chorea; ptosis; and hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: infantile encephalitis; chorea; epilepsy; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: rheumatic encephalitis; chorea; epilepsy; and fatigue. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: chorea; encephalitis; and tremor. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; encephalitis; and chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; and chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; head injury; epilepsy; and chorea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: behavioural difficulties; chorea; encephalitis; and cerebral lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.