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Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: gumma of cauda equina; spinal block; syphilitic pacchymeningitis; pain in leg; gait disorder; paralysis; low back pain; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spondylitis ankylopoetica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; hysteria; weakness; low back pain; gait disorder; numbness; and paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.