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2.39 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, July 1945
"This woman had conversion hysteria symptoms 2-3 years ago. She now has bladder symptoms and vomiting also lumbago. Very nice body. Housing 3 roomed cottage, spotlessly clean, harmonious."
Leguminous Plants (Crotolaria striala), 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a man standing in a field of leguminous plans (Crotolaria striala) with youn Para rubber plants growing in its midst in the early 20th century.
PR3a.165, 1957
Case summary relating to male apprentice cabinet maker from south west Edinburgh aged 17 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: low back pain. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR3.9, 1940-1944
Typed case summary, reports, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: lumbage on back; beningn angiomatous tumour; cystitis; and cardiac valvular lesion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.23, 1948-1951
Case summary relating to female cleaner from east Edinburgh aged 39 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar pain, leucorrhoea. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.
PR3.56, 1940-1941
Typed case summary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and x-ray films relating to male pilot officer fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; drop foot; popliteal paresis; nerve injury; sciatic neuritis; and protruded lumbar intervertebral disc. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR3.83, 1940-1970
Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing, reports and notes and charts relating to male gunner from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 23 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of left leg; hypoaesthesia; dysmetria; neck pain; hemiplegia; hemianaesthesia; headache; cerebral disease; lumbago; thrombophlebitis of cerebral veins; lower lumbar disc protusion; and osteophytosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR1.659, 1945-1946
PR2.169, 1941
Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographic negatives and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; pituitary adenoma; and acromegaly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
PR2.305, 1953-1957
Case summary, consent forms and correspondence relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 11 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: pain lumbar region, pain in chest. Family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given, including BCG vaccination.