Muscle Weakness

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Case summary relating to male dental service engineer from east Edinburgh aged 18 at examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough, asthma, debility. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 33 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: diaphyseal aclasis; weakness of the hands; spinal cord lesion; chondroma; headaches; diplopia; and intracranial tension. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; nausea; unsteadiness; leg weakness; speech slow and slurred; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: leg pain; unsteadiness; weakness; anaemia; neuro-syphilis; spasticity; poor memory; disseminated sclerosis; loss of sight; bilateral optic atrophy; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 46 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: tiredness; weakness; numbness; and disseminated encephalomyelitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, black and white photographs and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; weakness in limbs; bladder weakness; ataxia; myelitis; hyperkinesis; insomnia; dysarthria; hyperkinetic parkinsonism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Case summary relating to female shop assistant from south west Edinburgh aged 26 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum, weak, tuberculosis I-IIIB. Family history of tuberculosis. No...

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Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 52 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cold feet; numbness; weakness; alteration in gait; muscle twitching; difficulty walking; and familial hypertrophic polyneuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Case summary relating to female rubber mill worker from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 23 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: general debility, decreasing weight. No family history of...

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Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: arm weakness; arm stiffness; and cramp. No treatment given. Patient discharged.