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"Getting very mental, senile, mind deteriorating. Crippled and bedridden with rheumatism - was taken to The Grove but walked out in her nightie and came home in a taxi. Neighbours will not help because they are afraid of [7.3]. From nurse. She is a great problem, failing and anaemic. She is the source of [7.3]'s trouble. House fairly clean. Senile. Dr confirms."

Relatives in survey: 7.3

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"A good worker, but peculiar. Had an operation for goitre in her youth and has deteriorated mentally since. Keeps house. Mother died recently, having been an invalid with rheumatism. Father, retired, very old, intelligent, dogmatic, beginning to fail, cardiac. Well doing people, clean house. Nurse confirms, always a bit queer, your don't bother with what she says. The rest of the family have all done well."

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"Known in the village as Aunt [name redacted], soft and senile, always a wee bit soft, fancies she has numerous ailments. O.A.P. Lives alone, house clean - moderately. Dr. says this woman ha a lot physically wrong with her - rheumatism and a bad heart - is not bats."

Scope and Contents Occupation - ex-munitions worker. Diagnosis: Chorea? Father 50+, good health, stone dyker. Mother has had heart trouble.This girl gives a history of rheumatism four years ago with pains which started in the right hip joint and moved to shoulders, knees and wrists. She was kept in bed for six months and has since had pain in the right hip and a limp. This latter, which was felt to be largely functional, was the reason for her referral.On examination she adopted a very...

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Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: rheumatism; neck pain; and shoulder pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Case summary, X-ray films, chart, reports and correspondence relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 38 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis; tiredness; and rheumatism. No...

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Typed case summary, correspondence, x-ray films and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: low-back pain; protruded lumbar invertebral disc; prolapsed invertebral disc; rheumatism; leg pain; and lumbar spine osteoarthritis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 13 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: chronic juvenile rheumatism; frequency of urination; anaemia; and giddiness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: facial erysipelas; neuralgic pain in back of head; muscular rheumatism in neck; and anxiety neurosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral brachialgia; neck rheumatics; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.