University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male aged 56 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; hypertension; dyspnoea; cor pulmonale; crdiac failure; and emphysema. Nonsurgical 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.

Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts and correspondence relating to female housewife from east Edinburgh aged 62 at examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cardiac failure, hypertension and breathless. Family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical...

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Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; hypertension; cardiac failure; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; hypertension; vertigo; and early myocardical failure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hand injury; weakness; pain; paraesthesia; motor neurone disease; hypertension; renal failure; cardiac failure; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.