University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: paraesthesia; metastases; sarcoma; sciatica; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photograph relating to male lieutenant commander, surgeon fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 37 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; nausea; vomiting; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; melano-carcinoma; sciatic pain; staggering gait; meningioma; lesions; and secondary tumours. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after readmission.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cancer metastasis; prostate carcinoma; pain; numbness; paresis; and sciatica. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; depression; and crural pain due to spinal metastasis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Chart, note and correpondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: elephantiasis of leg; sciatic pain; metastatic involvement of nerve; and tumour mass in iliac fossa. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinomatous deposits; prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; radiculitis; leg pain; secondary carcinoma; spondylolistheisis; and sciatica. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; sciatica; and hysteria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; pain; spinal cord compression; unsteadiness; and paraplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; spinal metastases; low back pain; sciatica; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.