Neoplasms

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; pain; retention of urine; tumour; and disseminated malignant disease. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: paraparesis; spinal lesion; amnesia; back pain; wedging of lumbar vertebra; spinal deformity; vomiting; metastasis; gait disorder; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; brain haemorrhage; epilepsy; clonic facial twitch; seizures; spasms; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; headaches; facial weakness; and personality change. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spinal metastases; progressive paraplegia; primary bronchial carcinoma; and overflow incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malginant astrocytoma; hemiplegia; papilloedema; apahsia; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain; carcinoma of breast; and glandular metastases. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Buerger's disease; bronchial carcinoma; headache; papilloedema; and secondary lesion on right hemisphere. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photograph and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of cortex; metastases of liver and lung; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: metastatic deposit in hip joint; pelvic pain; carcinoma of urinary bladder; and leg pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: bronchial carcinoma; cerebral metastases; focal epileptica ttacks; and confusional state. No treatment given. Patient discharged.