Tuberculosis, Spinal
Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:
PR2.18939, 1958
Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Pott's paraplegia; back pain; and numbness in left leg. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.19393, 1958-1961
Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal tuberculosis; chest pain; walking difficulty; and neck pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.20075, 1959-1960
Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous spine; Pott's paraplegia; and dropfoot to the left side. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Treatment in plaster shells, with maintained skull traction, c.1950
Demonstration board with three photographic prints showing the use of plaster shells and skull traction in a case of Pott's disease. One photographic print shows the detail of a drop-foot control for the plaster shell. Notes accompanying the photos give further information on the treatment and what is shown in each photograph.