University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, charts, journal article and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: leptomeningeal melanoblastosis; tumour in spinal cord; low back pain; weakness; and sensory loss in leg. Surgical 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, correspondence, notes, charts, reports and x-rays relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurilemmoma; prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; low back pain; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.