Craniocerebral Trauma

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; hemiparesis; haematoma; amnesia; headache; dizziness; vertigo; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: extra dura haematoma; head injury; skull fracture; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; and change to sense of smell. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; head injury; epilepsy; seizures; and squint. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; meningitis; brain fungus; brain abscess; hydrocephalus; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; and pulmonary infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: memory loss; head injury; language comprehension problems; dysphasia; deafness; and senile atrophying process. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; confusion; psychopathic personality; seizures; hemiparesis; epilepsy; and amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; cervical cord damage; stiffness and prickly feeling in hands; shaking; weakness; paralysis; gait disorder; neck injury; asymmetry; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Handwritten correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 74 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: extradural haematoma; subdural haematoma; head injury; unconsciousness; drowsiness; hypertonus; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; head injury; vision disorder; hysteria; drug overdose; drug addiction; vomiting; diarrhoea; unconsciousness; and psychopathic behaviour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; concussional head injury; migraines; headaches; and light-headedness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.