University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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, report, photographs, and charts relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: right-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; chronic backache; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, report, black-and-white photograph and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cauda equina syndrome due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; lumbago; and sexual impotence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, black-and-white photographs and charts relating to male sailor from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spondylolisthesis; sciatica; lumbar backache; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.