University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing and chart relating to malecommander fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: low back pain; hypoaesthesia; displaced lumbar intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; muscular atrophy; and weakness of calf muscle. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and drawing relating to male leading aircraftman fromoutside Great Britain aged 26 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: lumbar pain; displaced intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; scoliosis; lumbar kyphosis; muscular atrophy of right leg; hypoaesthesia; defective gait; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: post herpetic neuralgia; prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; sciatica; paraesthesiae; hypoaesthesia; hypoalgesia; wound infection; and muscle atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: Prolapsed invertebral disc; cortical lesion; backache; fainting; lumbago; deafness; sciatic neuritis; lumbar disc protrusion; leg pain; numness; unsteadiness of gait; cortical atrophy; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Note, chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; hypertension; limb spasticity; jaw jerk; back pain; parasagittal cortical atrophy; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.