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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....
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...
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

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

Dates: Other: January 1947

Gay Times, Oct 2004

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/8/72
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Other: Oct 2004

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.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Aug 2001

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.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Sep 2000

Health (excluding AIDS), 1976 - 1985

 File
Identifier: GD61/10/1/11
Scope and Contents

Informational leaflets and booklets on sexually transmitted infection/diseases (STI/STDs), safer sex and drug use.

Dates: 1976 - 1985