Spinal Injuries

Scope and Contents Correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal injury; low back pain; leg pain; and paraesthesiae in fingers. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents X-ray films, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: dislocation of cervical spine; tetraparesis; and uraemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, colour photographs, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 19 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the spine; paraplegia; pyrexia; and bedsores. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, typed case summary, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spinal injury; compression fracture of spine; lumbar pain; and mild post-traumatic spondylosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spinal cervical dislocation; tetraparesis; scalp lacerations; and hypoaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fractures; cerebral lacerations; and dislocation of cervical spine. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, X-ray films, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: dislocation of cervical spine; neck pain; confusion; and carcinoma of tonsillar area. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: old spinal injury; spinal lesion (infective polyneuritis or syringomyelia); paraplegia; and shoulder pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.