University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 60 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: leg pain; weight loss; disc protrusion; spinal tumour; carcinoma; and metastatic tumour. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spinal metastasis; back pain; pain; paraplegia; incontinence; collapse of vertebrae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: paraparesis; spinal lesion; amnesia; back pain; wedging of lumbar vertebra; spinal deformity; vomiting; metastasis; gait disorder; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinomatous deposits; prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; radiculitis; leg pain; secondary carcinoma; spondylolistheisis; and sciatica. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; spinal metastases; low back pain; sciatica; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: metastases; retention of urine; and central disc protrusion. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hosptial.

Correspondence, notes, typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pelvic metastases from carcinoma cervix; prolapsed intervertebral disc; right-sided sciatica; and lumbago. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.