Sciatica

Typed case summary, note, correspondence and charts relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; mild residual left sciatic neuritis; and coincidental left otitis media. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic mild backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache; and sciatica. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache with right sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and lumbar stiffness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male driver first examined in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: lumbosacral radiculitis due to disc protrusion; lumbosacral pain; left sciatic pain; and petit mal episodes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and paraesthesiae. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male carpenter from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left-sided sciatica probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; affection of multiple joints probably due to mild rheumatoid-arthritic type. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; chronic backache; and sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and post-operative wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic left sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and leg pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.