Spinal Cord Injuries

Scope and Contents Correspondence, charts, notes, typed case summary and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: benign tumour of the spinal cord; tingling in feet; "loss of balance"; and sacral sparing. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; cauda equina damage; bilateral sciatica; and acute retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture dislocation of vertebrae with complete cord lesion; femur fracture; collapse of the right lung; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 28 in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: neck injury; paraplegia; and spinal cord oedema. No treatment given. Patient not examined by Dott.

Scope and Contents Notes, typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; cauda equina lesion; weakness in legs; and lumbago. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.