Hypertension

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; fits; and spasm in cerebral artery. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral clot; hemiparesis; homonymous hemianopia; hypertension; headache; cerebral haemorrhage; and cerebral vascular accident. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: thyrotoxicosis; hypertension; episodes of epileptic status; aurricular fibrillation; dysphasia; and cerebro-vascular accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: migraine; and arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; cerebral haemorrhage; exophthalmos; ventricular hypertrophy; hemiparesis; schizophrenia; thryrotoxicosis; and arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: obesity; arterial hypertension; diplopia; Cushing's disease; drowsiness; and paresis of external eye movement. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: ache behind eyes; and mild arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: malignant hypertension; headache; vomiting; loss of vision; facial weakness; hypertensive retinopathy; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; arteriosclerosis; unsteadiness; headache; paraesthesia; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerosis; hypertension; subarachnoid haemorrhage; seizures; weakness; speech disorder; headache; and vasospasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.