University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and x-ray films relating to male pilot officer fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; drop foot; popliteal paresis; nerve injury; sciatic neuritis; and protruded lumbar intervertebral disc. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and note relating to male assistant steward fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: pain in small of back; leg pain; and limp. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and drawing relating to male leading aircraftman fromoutside Great Britain aged 26 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: lumbar pain; displaced intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; scoliosis; lumbar kyphosis; muscular atrophy of right leg; hypoaesthesia; defective gait; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawings and charts relating to male company sergeant majorfrom Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: fractured spine; left drop foot; low back pain; paraesthesiae; hyperthesia; kyphosis; lumbo-sacral neuronitis; and neuro-paralytic syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, notes and report relating to male squadron leader from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: drop foot; fatigue; lumbo-sacral pain; dizziness; nystagmus; spastic paraparesis; disseminated sclerosis; and prolapsed disc. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summry, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; compression of cauda equina; gait disorders; tremor; and urinary problems. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spastic paresis of middle age; low back pain; gait disorder; weakness; numbness; pain; flexor spasm; menorrhagia; and uterine polypus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculosis of spine; weakness; low back pain; gait disorder; and spasms. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: disc protrusion; low back pain; sciatica; arthritis of hip; and gait disorder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.