Tuberculosis, Spinal

Scope and Contents Case summary relating to female housewife from south Edinburgh aged 62 at examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: potts paraplegia, obese. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spinal tuberculosis; back pain; and staggering. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, chart, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: paraplegia; Pott's disease of spine; arteriosclerosis; and spinal cord compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; spinal tuberculosis; and dorsal kyphosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous disease of spine; back pain; spinal cord compression; and kyphoscoliosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, autopsy report and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord compression; Pott's disease of spine; thoracic spinal pain; inability to walk; and numbness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Reports, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spinal tuberculosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cord compression; spinal tuberculosis; shoulder pain; numbness; and spastic paraparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: walking difficulties; Pott's disease of spine; and motor weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 12 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: kyphosis; and tuberculous spinal caries. No treatment given. Patient discharged.