Craniocerebral Trauma

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; unconsciousness; head injury; and slight right hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, x-ray films, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; fractured ribs; unconsciousness; and left-sided hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis following head injury; and acute otitis media. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report, black-and-white photograph, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury (subdural); brain stem lesion; skull fracture; and coma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; confusion; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; drowsiness; headache; and brain oedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; depressed fracture of the skull; vomiting; and drowsiness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 74 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; auricular fibrillation; subdural haematoma; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; photophobia; headache; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: encephalopathy (vascular); head injury; subdural haematoma; and aphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.