Paraplegia

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculosis; spastic paraplegia; urinary infection; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, chart and phtoographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; staggering gait; paraesthesia; weakness; vision disorder; nystagmus; difficulty swallowing; tetraplegia; bronchitis; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, autopsy report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; bronchopneumonia; paraplegia; spinal cord compression; oedema; and bronchogenic carcinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cord injury; fracture of CV5; and paraplegia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, report and note relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cord compression; paravertebral abscess; paraplegia; tuberculosis spinal caries; and spasticity of lower limbs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: spondylolisthesis; osteoarthritic changes; tumour; carcinoma; metastases; compression paraplegia. Nonsurgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 34 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: paraplegia; total saddle anaesthesia; and loss of sphincter control. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compression fracture; complete spastic paraplegia; cervical cord contusion; analgesia; and thermanaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary relating to male soldier aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: transection of upper cervical cord; paraplegia; bedsore; and wasting of small muscles of hand. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound of chest and arm; paraplegia; bilateral pleural effusion; and dyspnoea. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.