Paresis

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular catastrophe; headaches; and right hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated encephalomyelitis; hemiparesis; hemihypoaesthesia; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, black-and-white photograph, correspondence and chart relating to male postman from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: left basal cerebral tumour; right hemiparesis; amoebic dysentery; and epileptic attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male paper-mill worker from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to right parietal region of skull; wound infection; left spastic hemiparesis; and impairment of sensory functions. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (excluding Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: malignant cerebral tumour (probably astrocytoma); complete left spastic hemiparesis; and complete left hemianopsia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts, record card and report relating to male airman from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: essential arterial hypertension; infiltrating tumour of left hemisphere; localised epileptic attacks; and mild right hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: atrophic cerebral lesion (no certain aetiology); right hemiparesis; and back injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: encephalo-meningitis following infective meningitis and orbital cellulitis; unconsciousness; and right hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease); blindness; temporary paresis; and retrobulbar neuritis in eyes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: staphylococcal septicaemia with intracranial abscess formation; embolic abscess in left hemisphere; and right hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.