University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord compression; prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraesthesia; thrombosis; compression of cauda equina; and ankle pain. Surgical and nonsurgical 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.