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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: intermittent claudication of unknown aetiology; and pain in lower limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: traumatic neuritis probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; slight paraesthesiae; and slight hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour (ependymoblastoma); chronic papilloedema; right facial weakness; and severe headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male stone sawyer from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica neuritis; and anxiety neurosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wounds of cauda equina and right iliac region; hypoaesthesia in left leg and foot; compound fracture of right fibula; and complete motor paresis of left leg below knee. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female WRNS member from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated encephalomyelitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot spine with cauda and causus lesion; loss of power in legs; urinary problems; and bilateral drop-foot deformity. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male medical officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: recurrent lumbar backache and unilateral sciatic pain due to ruptured intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sub-arachnoid haemorrhage from small saccular aneurysm; severe headache; and backache. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.