University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to maleaircraftman second class fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; nausea; photophobia; headache; paraesthesiae; spinal concussion; cerebral concussion; amnesia; and attacks of unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note and drawing relating to male sergeantfrom Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: headache; post traumatic epilepsy; personality deterioration; facial paresis; spinal concussion; and paraesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: traumatic lesion (disseminated blood extravasation) of lumbar enlargement of spinal cord; complete paralysis of legs; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: traumatic lesion of spinal cord (probably small haematomyelia); superimposed hysterical sensory defects; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: bullet wound to spinal column; paraesthesiae; and pain in buttocks and thigh. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord contusion; burning paraesthesia; cervical spondylosis; weakness in hands; and pyramidal tract damage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-rays relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hyperextension injury of cervical spinal cord; head injury; unconsciousness; pins and needles; spondylosis; tremor; and Parkinsonian syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; cervical cord damage; stiffness and prickly feeling in hands; shaking; weakness; paralysis; gait disorder; neck injury; asymmetry; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: paraesthesiae; and concussional damage of spinal cord. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord lesion; numbness in left hand; anxiety; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.