Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; hypaesthesia; and scoliosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: gumma of cauda equina; spinal block; syphilitic pacchymeningitis; pain in leg; gait disorder; paralysis; low back pain; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; headaches; pain; vomiting; personality change; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; hyperaesthesia; spinal cord tumour; gunshot wounds; and mental disorder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headaches; blindness; aphasia; unconsciousness; vomiting; and weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; and paraesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; loss of vision; mental disorder; headaches; dizziness; agraphia; amnesia; papilloedema; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.