Pleurisy

Case summary relating to male porter (railway) from east Edinburgh aged 28 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: haemoptysis, epistaxis, pleurisy. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 11 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum, dyspnoea, pleurisy. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Case summary relating to male accountant from east Edinburgh aged 43 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: pneumonia, pleurisy, dyspnoea. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Case summary relating to male docker from east Edinburgh aged 53 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum, pain in chest, pleurisy. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Case summary relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 25 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: left pleurisy, cough, dyspnoea. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Case summary relating to female domestic worker from east Edinburgh aged 51 at examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum, dyspnoea, pleurisy. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.