Paresis

Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot to the head; left hemiparesis; and left lower facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to skull; mild anxiety neurosis; right hemiparesis; moderate degree of dysarthria and dysphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: probable crush injury of skull with petrous bone fracture; facial palsy; nerve paresis; and concussional brain injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; post-traumatic parkinsonism; right hemiparesis; and dysarthria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: possibly chronic polyneuritis (negative exploration for prolapsed disc displacement); left-sided sciatica; hypoaesthesia; and flaccid paresis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to skull; severe residual right hemiparesis; fairly marked dysphasia; and bilateral chronic otitis media. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to skull (right parietal region); left hemiparesis; skull defect; and residual left facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, black-and-white photograph, autopsy report, correspondence and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral haemorrhage; left flaccid hemiparesis; concussional head injury; and generalised brain oedema with tentorial impaction. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: organic mid-brain lesion causing cranial pain of central type; depressive mental state; paraesthesiae; and latent right hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, tracer card and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound of chest; concussion of thoracic spinal cord resulting in spastic paresis; and hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.