Lung Abscess

Scope and Contents Case summary relating to male Pte. 10th Bn. Medical Corps (Polish) aged 18 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: haemoptysis, tuberculosis L2s, abscess of the lung. No family history of tuberculosis. Surgical treatment given, including artificial pneumothorax....

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Typed case summary, report, correspondence, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess and oedema; pulmonary abscess; giddiness; and vertex headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pleural thickening and pulmonary markings likely due to old pneumonia and...

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Correspondence, notes, typed case summary, charts, autopsy report and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; multiple lung abscesses; photophobia; and left hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.