Paresis

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head and leg; loss of eye; slight dysarthria; and left-sided hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to skull; severe residual left hemiparesis; and skull defect. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound of skull; residual monoparesis of right leg. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male brewery labourer from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to the head; severe spastic hemiparesis; left homonymous hemianopia; and skull defect. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and tracer card relating to male airman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: traumatic incomplete paresis of left cranial sympathetic; traumatic neuritis of 1st and 2nd trigeminal division; mild concussional head injury; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wounds of cauda equina and right iliac region; hypoaesthesia in left leg and foot; compound fracture of right fibula; and complete motor paresis of left leg below knee. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head with resulting right frontal defect; left homonymous hemianopia; left hemiparesis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report and chart relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral subdural haematoma following unspecified head injury; meningitis consequent upon operative infection; progressive impairment of memory; and right hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to female ATS member from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: incomplete isolated right 6th nerve paresis of unknown aetiology; headaches; depressive state; and moderate insomnia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: intrinsic neoplasm of brain stem (neuroblastoma); right trigeminal pain; left hemiparesis; and bilateral papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.