University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: high blood pressure; headache; cardiac hypertrophy; and hypertrophic osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 47 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: headache; diplopia; neck stiffness; hypertension, enlarged heart; papilloedema; and syphilitic basal meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: hyperpiesis; enlargement of heart; and changes to retinal arteries. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence and notes relating to male spinning mill worker from Scotland (Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: cordotomy for amputation stump pain; post-operative cardiac and renal failure; hypertension; and cardiac enlargement. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, black-and-white photographs and charts relating to male dock worker from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: essential arterial hypertension; infarction of base of brain; cerebral arteriosclerosis; and cardiac enlargement. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male labourer from south west Edinburgh aged 77 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cardiomegaly; hypertension; and aortic valve dilatation. No family...

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; hypertension; enlarged heart; spasm and sclerosis in the cerebral vasculature; and anxiety. No treatment given. Patient discharged.