Hypertension

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: circulatory disorder in upper limbs; hypertension; numbness; osteoarthritic spine; and pain in hand. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: obesity; hypertension; and backache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, postmortem reports and photograph relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; aneurysm; headache; vomiting; hypertensive hypertrophy; and brochopneumonia. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: virus infection of brain; vertigo; gait disorder; vomiting; ataxia; headache; diploplia; inflammation of eye; vascular brainstem lesion; and hypertensive arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: multiple lesions on brainstem and left hemisphere; paraesthesia; speech disorder; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; head injury; blindness; eye disorder; bronchitis; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hypertensive encephalopathy; depression; apathy; aphasia; cerebral lesion; pain; amnesia; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: post-herpetic pain; facial pain; subarachnoid haemorrhage; nausea; dizziness; unconsciousness; headaches; speech disorder; cerebral arterial spasm; thrombosis; hypertension; paresis; and hyperaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular accident; headache; aphasia; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular accident; hypertension; hemianopia; and hemiplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.