Hypertension

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular accident; dysarthria; hemihypoaesthesia; headache; hemiparesis; hypertonus; aneurysm; hypertension; and hemiplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; drowsiness; papilloedema; intellectual deterioration; hemiparesis; bronchial carcinoma; bronchopnuemonia; cerebral tumour; renal ademomata; secondary glioblastoma; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; blackouts; hypertension; and psychosomatic problem. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, charts, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media; dizziness; deafness; papilloedema; hypertension; broncho pneumonia; osteomyelitis; cerebral metastases; intracranial tension; and epileptic fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; hip pain; low backache; arterial hypertension; sciatica; phantom foot pain; hemiparesis; cerebral vascular catastrophe; cerebral arterial thrombosis; incontinence; and mental illness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular accident; epileptic fit; hemiparesis; and arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, note, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; ischaemic lesions; headache; personality changes; hypertension; facial weakness; incontinence; cerebral atrophy; and somnolence. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: dysarthria; facial weakness; hemiparesis; hypertension; progressive cerebro-vascular degeneration; headache; vascular disease; mental deterioration; and episodes of thrombosis and spasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; backache; hypertension; headache; and dyspnoea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and note relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 60 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; vascular disease; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.