University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence and note relating to male sergeant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: weakness in leg; numbness; intramedullary spinal tumour; disseminated scoliosis; brown-sequard lesion on spinal cord; and spinal cord disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and drawing relating to maledriver fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; sciatica; facial weakness; lumbar kypho-scoliosis; displaced intervertebral disc; and muscle atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: kyphoscoliosis; spinal cord compression; Pott's disease; backache; numbness; leg weakness; and osteomalacia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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, correspondence, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: malignant spinal tumour; limb weakness; back pain; urinary retention; scoliosis; spastic paraplegia; hypalgesia; and sarcoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, charts and typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: syringomyelic gliosis; weakness in right leg; weakness in right arm; and kyphoscoliosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; thoracic scoliosis; organic cerebral damage following anoxia; limb weakness; and optic atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cervical disc syndrome; weakness; neck pain; shoulder pain; arthritis; low back pain; scoliosis; and urinary retention. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports; charts; and x-rays relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hyperextension injury to cervical spine; paralysis; shoulder pain; hyperaesthesia; osteoarthritis; weakness; and scoliosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: Von Recklinghausen's Disease; birth deformity; kypho-scoliosis; stiffness; clumsiness; gait disorder; tremor; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.