Bronchitis

Scope and Contents 'This man has not worked for many years - said to suffer from stomach trouble, not fond of work, lazy and easy going " a horror", makes you feel creepy, "great big slouching brute". Drinks and beats his family. Used to be a hedger or a drainer, never a conscientious worker. Fond of gardening. Nurse says this man is a bully. House filthy, three rooms. Dr says this man is a chronic asthmatic and bronchitic. [Female informant] just a rotten man, drinks. Incomer.'Relatives in survey:...

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"Developmental age of about 3 years, has the physical appearance of a defective. Can speak only a few words. Father, 36, tenant of a small farm. Mother, 40, a little nervous. Good home conditions, harmonious. Delicate, nervous child, bronchitis, kidney trouble."

Relatives in survey: Father, Mother

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Correspondence and case summary relating to female patient from south Edinburgh aged 63 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: bronchitis, emphysema and breathlessness. No treatment given.

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Correspondence relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 65 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cough with sputum and bronchitis. No treatment given.

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Correspondence relating to male patient from south west Edinburgh aged 56 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: emphysema, dyspnoea and bronchitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence and case summary relating to male coal miner from east Edinburgh aged 58 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: bronchitis, pneumoconiosis and emphysema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to male patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 37 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cough and catarrhal bronchitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.