University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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 case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Paget's disease; unconsciousness; low back pain; and arterial spasm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: back injury; hysteria; paralysis; unconsciousness; low back pain; headaches; and urinary retention. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; headache; pleurisy; vomiting; unconsciousness; paresis; diplopia; and tinnitus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, report and x-rays relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; metrorrhagia; arthritis; fainting; and unconsciousness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, autopsy report, and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; head injury; unconsiousness; bronchial spasms; asthma; bronchitis; fractured tibia; and burn injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.