University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: spinal contusion; back injury; cervical myelopathy; backache; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis; back pain; amenorrhea; extradural abscess; and vascular spinal cord abnormality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient aged 50 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; back pain; diplopia; nystagmus; spinal cord lesion; and demyelinating disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 51 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; numbness; infective neuromyelitis; spinal cord syndrome; and rheumatic spondylitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: virus infection of spinal cord; backache; paresis; and paraparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: gumma of cauda equina; spinal block; syphilitic pacchymeningitis; pain in leg; gait disorder; paralysis; low back pain; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, report and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: degeneration of spinal cord; cramp; spasms; paralysis; constipation; pain; myelitis; bronchopneumonia; and septicaemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: scoliotis; kyphosis; deformities of spine; prolapsed intervertebral disc; instability in walking; low back pain; lesion; weakness; vision disorders; ataxia; and hypertonus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: transverse myelitis; paravertebral infection; thrombophlebtitis; back pain; numbness; paralysis; and pachymeningitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: ?degeneration of the cord; ?peripheral neuritis; cholecystitis; shoulder pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.