Craniocerebral Trauma

Correspondence, black-and-white photographs, newspaper clippings, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury (severe basal injury); unconsciousness; pleural effusion; and left-sided surgical emphysema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fracture of skull; and scalp lacerations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic syndrome; head injury; headache; and upper lumbar backache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; multiple skull fractures; cerebral lacerations; and coma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: acute bilateral subdural haematoma; head injury; facial twitches; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Reports, typed case summary, notes, autopsy report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 77 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; lacerations of face, neck and skull; left hemiparesis; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; post-concussional personality change; diabetes insipidus; and anosmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; weakness in right leg; and osteophytosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Reports, charts, typed case summary, autopsy report and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound skull fracture; secondary brain stem injury; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Reports, charts, typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic cerebral thrombophlebitis; head injury; acute epilepsy; and right hemiplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.