Paresis

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; meningitis; brain fungus; brain abscess; hydrocephalus; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; and pulmonary infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cervical disc protrusion; prolapsed intervertebral disc; shoulder pain; weakness; spasticity; gait disorder; hypoaesthesia; and myelopathy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral venous thrombosis; headaches; pain; psychotic state; hemiparesis; dysarthria; dysphasia; aducent nerve palsy; catatonia; hypertension; papilloedema; and drug reaction. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; confusion; psychopathic personality; seizures; hemiparesis; epilepsy; and amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: tubercular arteritis; hemiparesis; dysphasia; headache; and blurred vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: carotid thrombosis; haematoma; headache; malaise; dizziness; weakness; twitchings; facial paresis; and hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: progressive muscular atrophy; brachial paresis; weakness; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; bronchiectasis; influenza; pneumonia; paresis; dysphasia; drowsiness; and hemianopsia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; pregnancy; meningeal irritation; hemiparesis; and hyperthermia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal neoplasm; intracranial pressure; language impairment; paresis; incontinence; apathy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.