University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Case summary relating to male medical student from south west Edinburgh aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Family history of tuberculosis. Surgical treatment given, including artificial pneumothorax.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: trophic ulcer; and spina bifida. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, drawings and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoblastoma; headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; and unsteadiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningioma; spinal cord compression; leg weakness; and spastic paaparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts relating to male patient first examined in 1948. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Outcome unknown.

Chart relating to female patient aged 47 at first examination in 1949. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of right antrum; facial pain; muscle weakness; headache; paraesthesia; diplopia; ptsosis; facial palsy; loss of appetite; lymphostatis; and anaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and reports relating to female patient aged 58 at first examination in 1951. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed operative note and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1951. No conditions mentioned. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous disease of spine; spinal cord lesion; thrombosis; spinal cord disease; numbness; limb weakness; paraplegia; and tuberculous arteritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.