Muscle Weakness

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headaches; weakness; nausea; dyspepsia; dizziness; amnesia; vision disorders; head injury; and hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain, oedema; carcinoma; weakness; and x-ray burns. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; weakness; personality change; amnesia; gait disorder; incontinence; vomiting; and tremor. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar radiculitis; lumbago; mono-neuritis; numbness; and weakness of leg. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report and photograph relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; limb weakness; dysphasia; dizziness; hemiparesis; hemiplegia; incontinence; and homonymous hemianopsia. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; limb weakness; pain in pelvis; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; limb weakness; incontinence; paraplegia; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 47 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: shoulder pain; limb weakness; low back pain; cervical rib syndrome; brachial plexus compression; lumbar disc protrusion; and periarthritis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: difficulty walking; spasticity of limb; limb weakness; hypertonus; thrombosis; incontinence; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; scalp wound; fractured skull; knee injury; arm weakness; facial weakness; cerebral cortex damage; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.