Facial Paralysis

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury with left facial paresis; and otitis externa. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male signalman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: right spastic hemiparesis; paraesthesiae; facial weakness; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating missile wound of skull, brain and scalp; drowsiness; wound infection; and flaccid paralysis of left arm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to scalp with severe cerebral contusion; right facial weakness; post-traumatic personality changes; and post-traumatic amnesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: effects of gunshot wound to head; dysarthria; extradural haematoma; and right facial weakness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; right facial paralysis; diplopia; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot to the head; left hemiparesis; and left lower facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head; destruction of left side of scalp and of external ear; facial paralysis; and deafness in left ear. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: probable crush injury of skull with petrous bone fracture; facial palsy; nerve paresis; and concussional brain injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 57 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia; slight facial weakness; ulceration of mucous membrane; and superficial excoriation of cornea. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.