University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, report and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: compression fracture; displacement and rotation of vertebrae; hypothesia; paraplegia; and muscle atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: back injury, sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; epilepsy; and paraplegia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; bronchopneumonia; paraplegia; spinal cord compression; oedema; and bronchogenic carcinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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 case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; paraplegia; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, x-ray films, photograph, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraplegia; amyloid disease; gangrene; pyelonephritis; cystitis; and bedsores. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports, notes, drawings, x-ray films and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: fractured spine; paraplegia; and dislocated ruptured disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes, typed case summary, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low backache; paraplegia; and urinary incontinence. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back injury; transient paraplegia; and back pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: radiculitis (not yet diagnosed); paraplegia; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and pain in groin. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.