Low Back Pain

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low lumbar backache; and right sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraesthesiae; bilateral flexor spasms; and long standing recurrent lumbago. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 37 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbar scoliosis; and hypoaesthesia. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female clerk from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbar backache; hypoaesthesia; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; sciatica probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and gross hysterical weakness of movement. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: right sciatica; recurrent bilateral synovitis; radiculitis; and pain in lower lumbar region. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral discs; lumbago; and compression neuritis of nerve roots. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male merchant seaman from outside Great Britain aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbago; effort syndrome; and dorsal radiculitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic lumbar backache; referred left sciatic pain due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatic neuritis due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; scoliosis of lumbar spine; lumbosacral pain; and haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.