Sciatica

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and right-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and compression sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; chronic backache; and left compression sciatic neuritis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; chronic backache; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 41 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: backache and left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; post-traumatic epilepsy; and personality changes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 48 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and slight atrophy of right calf muscles. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male fireman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbar pain; numbness in leg; and recurrent right sciatic pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; hypoaesthesia; and chronic backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and gluteal pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 38 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; compression neuritis; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male medical officer from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache of intermittent character associated with numbness in left-sided sciatic distribution due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. No treatment given. Patient discharged.