University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and charts relating to male private from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; prolapsed disc; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; leg pain; shaking of left leg; dislocated intervertebral disc; incontinence of urine; and sciatic neuritis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Landry's ascending paralysis; weakness; gait disorder; involuntary movement; numbness; and incontinence. 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, report, chart and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cauda equina compression; prolapsed intervertebral disc; hemi-saddle anaesthesia; hypoaesthesia; bladder and bowel dysfunction; and stress incontinence. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; hip pain; low backache; arterial hypertension; sciatica; phantom foot pain; hemiparesis; cerebral vascular catastrophe; cerebral arterial thrombosis; incontinence; and mental illness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; incontinence; haematoma; and cystocele. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 66at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; posterior crural pain; pulmonary embolism; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; incontinence; back pain; and difficulty in micturition. Surgical and nonsurgical 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.