University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, reports, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: anaplastic neoplasm; lumbar back pain; hyperaesthesia; urinary retention; paraparesis; sarcoma; paresis; and pyelonephritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: spinal injury; temporary paralysis from the waist down; loss of sensation in legs; and retention of urine. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: fractured dislocation of spine; head injury; unconsciousness; amnesia; hypoaesthesia; spasticity; psychosis; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; urinary retention; foot ulcer; numbness of leg; and neurogenic bladder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 31 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; urinary retention; and demyelinating process. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epidural spinal granuloma; low back ache; numbness in legs; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: sacral myeloma; numbness in left foot; constipation; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Notes, typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: dorsal anaplastic metastatic carcinoma probably originating from lung; numbness in legs; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, charts, typed case summary, and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningioma; progressive paraparesis; urinary retention; and numbness in legs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.