University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, chart, correspondence and report relating to male yacht master fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: blindness in left eye; psychic trauma; hypaesthesia; hemiparesis; facial weakness; organic disease of central nervous system; and optic atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, charts and photographs relating to male joiner fourth class fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; weakness of limbs; angioblastic meningioma; epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; optic atrophy; hemiparesis; porencephalic cysts; keratitis; todd's palsy; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to maleflight sergeant fromoutside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: multiple gunshot wounds; scalp wound; motor aphasia; papilloedema; dysarthria; facial weakness; skull fracture; right hand astereognosis; hemiparesis; hemi-anaesthesia; and cerebral atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and drawing relating to maledriver fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; sciatica; facial weakness; lumbar kypho-scoliosis; displaced intervertebral disc; and muscle atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing and chart relating to malecommander fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: low back pain; hypoaesthesia; displaced lumbar intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; muscular atrophy; and weakness of calf muscle. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: hand weakness; and muscular atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 35 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: unsteady; difficulty writing; loss of power in legs; difficulty swallowing; difficulty speaking; and spinal atrophic paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: leg pain; unsteadiness; weakness; anaemia; neuro-syphilis; spasticity; poor memory; disseminated sclerosis; loss of sight; bilateral optic atrophy; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; hemianopia; brain swelling; leg weakness; hemiparesis; vascular disturbance; and atrophy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; atrophy; muscle weakness; and neuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.