Syphilis
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
12.22 Female, Separated or divorced, 55-64 yrs, Other organic psychoses, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11
Scope and Contents
"This woman is impulsive, emotionally unbalanced, neurotic - has syphilitic endartharitis."
Dates:
Other: May 1946
16.71 Male, Married, 15-24 yrs, Psychopathic personality, February 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"This man was always deserting from the Navy, not quite compos mentis, has been in trouble for stealing boats, poaches. Casual labourer but doesn't work much. Parents have been in court. At present on unemployment benefit - was sacked for smoking at his work. Has otherwise been regular at work. They have had a lot of trouble at home. Nurse: He won't work and won't want. Father, a labourer, 50+, looks weedy and syphilitic. Mother, 40+, seems OK. They fight a lot - have been in court for it. Also...
Dates:
Other: February 1947
19.11 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1945
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/18
Scope and Contents
'This boy is a certified MD with an IQ of 70-. He knows very little, has a cowed look like all the dull children, is as "dull as ditchwater". Bad attender. Thin and overgrown looking. Well clad and always has plenty of money. Dr: quiet and retiring, cries easily. Skull hotcross bun type with boss in parietal region, no other evidence of syphilis. Housing is very bad. Two roomed condemned cottage for 3 adults and 5 children. [Male informant] has seen six sleeping in one bed.'Relatives in...
Dates:
Other: November 1945
32.13 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Other organic psychoses, February 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/31
Scope and Contents
"A wee bit mental, very bad eyesight, has had an awful life. "Battered stupid". Husband a drunken sod. Family are all wasters. Delapidated house, rent £2.15/-. Passable. Grossly overcrowded, 2 small rooms for 6. Always looks worried. Nurse thinks she is all right but that her eyesight makes her look queer. Dr says this woman is syphilitic and simple, suffers from endarteritis."
Dates:
Other: February 1946
39.57 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/39
Scope and Contents
"The most awful woman [male informant] has ever come across. "A slovenly piece", dirty, positive WR [Wasserman Reaction], probably defective. Husband younger than she, decent but irresponsible, a labourer."
Relatives in survey: son 39.56
Relatives in survey: son 39.56
Dates:
Other: July 1947
16.265 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"This woman is deficient - Nurse. She has been married twice. Nurse says she looks syphilitic and she thinks the whole family is infected. Dr thinks this woman is fairly bright."
Relatives in survey: Children 16.176, 16.245, 16.171
Relatives in survey: Children 16.176, 16.245, 16.171
Dates:
Other: January 1947
Gay Times, Sep 2000
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/345
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Dates:
Other: Sep 2000
Gay Times, Aug 2001
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/5/30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Dates:
Other: Aug 2001
Health (excluding AIDS), 1976-1985
File
Identifier: GD61/10/1/11
Scope and Contents
Informational leaflets and booklets on sexually transmitted infection/disease (STI/STD), safer sex and drug use.
Dates:
1976-1985
Minutes of the SMG Edinburgh Befriending Committee, 14 Dec 1976
Item
Identifier: GD61/1/1/1/34
Scope and Contents
Topics discussed include the 1977 budget, and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh enlisting the help of SMG to help the spread of syphilis.
Dates:
14 Dec 1976