University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; subdural haematoma; headache; backache; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; epilepsy; fits; and cerebral atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; vomiting; headache; mental disorders; secondary spinal tumour; and low back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; epilepsy; blackouts; amnesia; stammer; and high blood pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, notes, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary bronchial carcinoma; confusion; drowsiness; incontinence; papilloedema; ptosis; facial weakness; fits; hydrocephalus; bronchopneumonia; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; prolapsed intervertebral disc; arachnoiditis; headaches; fits; thrombophlebitis; head injury; and leg weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: lower back pain; sciatica; protrusion of disc; micturition difficulty; seizures; and cerebral atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cervical spondylosis; neck pain and stiffness; numbness; choking faintness attacks; vasospastic attacks; peripheral pallor; fibrositis; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; blindness; seizures; dysphasia; weakness; coma; personality change; memory defect; haemorrhage; arteriosclerosis; thrombosis; and neoplasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.