University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, black and white photographs and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; weakness in limbs; bladder weakness; ataxia; myelitis; hyperkinesis; insomnia; dysarthria; hyperkinetic parkinsonism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: leg weakness; paraplegia; back pain; walking difficulty; incontinence; hydronephrosis; and spinal cord compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: Guillain-Barre syndrome; infective polyneuritis; weakness; paralysis; pain; constipation; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; weakness; amnesia; hemiparesis; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningioma; numbness; limb weakness; urinary incontinence; and ischeorectal abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Landry's ascending paralysis; weakness; gait disorder; involuntary movement; numbness; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; weakness; personality change; amnesia; gait disorder; incontinence; vomiting; and tremor. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; limb weakness; incontinence; paraplegia; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, reports and autopsy report relating to female patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: incontinence; facial weakness; dysphasia; comotose; anorexia; limb weakness; meningioma; Pagets disease; hemiparesis; and pulmonary oedema. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; brain stem compression; broncho-pneumonia; limb weakness; papilloedema; headache; motor neurone facial weakness; drowsiness; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.