Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, chart and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; aphasia; headache; facial weakness; Jacksonian epilepsy; seizures; and deafness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, photographs, chart, postmortem report and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cystic astrocytoma of cerebellum; vomiting; unsteadiness of gait; hydrocephalus; vision disorders; constipation; papilloedema; headaches; and hypotonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 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 21 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, postmortem report, report and photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: malignant ependymal tumour; neck pain; numbness; nystagmus; coordination problems; and hypotonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1950. 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 63 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningioma; gait disorder; weakness; pain; paraplegia; spasms; hypertension; and osteoarthritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headaches; weakness; nausea; dyspepsia; dizziness; amnesia; vision disorders; head injury; and hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal migraine; headache; hypothesia; facial paralysis; and paraesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.