University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; headaches; vomiting; and mental disorder. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: dense fibrous adhesions in spine; low back pain; sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraesthesia; and pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; hyperaesthesia; spinal cord tumour; gunshot wounds; and mental disorder. 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, report and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; low back pain; pain in arm; pain in leg; unconsciousness; and mental disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; gait disorder; and hysterical paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica; mental disorder; and headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical 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 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.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; inadequate personality; urinary retention; nausea; vomiting; and mental disorders. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.