University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dazed condition; unable to speak; unconscious; fits; very thirsty; poor memory; numbness in right arm; pain in back and abdomen; cyanosis; dysphasic disturbances; aphasia; sarcoma; and metastasis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; back pain; unconsciousness; peroneal nerve severed; no balance; paralysis; sensory loss of legs; and hysterical fixation. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 41 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; nausea; vomiting; unconsciousness; back pain; epilepsy; paresis; aphasia; meningioma; and apraxia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; back pain; unconsciousness; urinary incontinece; and fecal incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; vomiting; headache; mental disorders; secondary spinal tumour; and low back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; low back pain; pain in arm; pain in leg; unconsciousness; and mental disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Paget's disease; unconsciousness; low back pain; and arterial spasm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: functional nervous disorder; attacks of unconsciousness; deterioration of memory and vision; headache; vomiting; diplopia; papilloedma; nystagmus; backache; insomnia; depression; lower lumbar disc protrusion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; backache; arterio-venous fistula; headache; stiff neck; and loss of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; hemianopsia; vision disorders; nystagmus; amnesia; tuberculosis spine; and back pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.