Hypesthesia

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; hypoaesthesia; and chronic backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 38 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; compression neuritis; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male medical officer from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache of intermittent character associated with numbness in left-sided sciatic distribution due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, note and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and bilateral sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; hypoaesthesia; and residual sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male sapper aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: shell fragment wound to head; facial paralysis; and numbness over right cheek. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: radiculitis of lower lumbar nerve root; hypesthesia; thoracico-lumbar backache; and left sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wounds of cauda equina and right iliac region; hypoaesthesia in left leg and foot; compound fracture of right fibula; and complete motor paresis of left leg below knee. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: recurrent attack of low backache with left sciatic neuritis due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica probably due to prolapsed disc displacement; numbness in lower left limb; and severe back pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, black-and-white photographs, chart and correspondence relating to male gardener from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: left acoustic neurinoma (Schwannoma); difficulty in walking; headache; and numbness in trigeminal and upper cervical regions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.