Muscle Weakness

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: pleurisy; acute respiratory infection; hallucinations; shoulder pain; weakness; prolapsed cervical disc; headache; amnesia; mental disorders; gait disorder; numbness; and bronchogenic carcinoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: extrapyramidal syndrome; phlebitis in Vein of Galen; fever; weakness; tremor; hypertonus; nystagmus; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: diffuse cerebrovascular disease; unsteadiness; weakness; dizziness; headaches; diplopia; speech disorder; intellectual deterioration; and deafness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: weakness; excessive sleepiness; and depression. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: pyramidal system disease; head injury; unconsciousness; diplopia; weakness; gait disorder; extensor spasms; and fine motor impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; brain haemorrhage; epilepsy; clonic facial twitch; seizures; spasms; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; headaches; facial weakness; and personality change. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: vitamin deficiency; histamine-fast achlorhydria; diseased intervertebral disc; numbness and weakness of hand. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cervical spondylosis; weaknes in legs; and myasthenia gravis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: internal carotid thrombosis; cerebral infarction; hemiplegia; homonymous hemianopia; headaches; papilloedema; and numbness and weakness in hands. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, note and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; overflow incontinence; cauda equina compression; and muscle weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.