Muscle Weakness

Typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: Von Recklinghausen's Disease; birth deformity; kypho-scoliosis; stiffness; clumsiness; gait disorder; tremor; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cervical disc protrusion; prolapsed intervertebral disc; shoulder pain; weakness; spasticity; gait disorder; hypoaesthesia; and myelopathy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; aneurysm; headache; diplopia; weakness; gait disorder; paraesthesia; cramp; peripheral neuropathy; and amnesia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; pain; spinal cord compression; unsteadiness; and paraplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: aortic thrombosis; leg pain; weakness; cutaneous lesions; ulcer; hypoaesthesia; and ischaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: progressive muscular atrophy; brachial paresis; weakness; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; unconsciousness; headache; facial weakness; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: diabetic neuropathy; pain; weakness; and exteroceptive sensory defects. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; spasm; seizures; epilepsy; weakness; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, photograph and x-rays relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar medulloblastoma; headaches; vomiting; dizziness; weakness; unsteadiness of gait; nystagmus; ataxia; inco-ordination; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.