Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; stiffness; and backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male metal polisher from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom limb; and paraesthesiae. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; and backache. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, photographs, and charts relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: right-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; chronic backache; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of skull (mid-frontal region); large bone defect; mild intellectual deterioration; and anosmia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report, and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 or 37 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; recurrent cystitis and epididymitis; paresis of left leg; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound left temple and orbit; destruction of left eye; osteoma of left frontal sinus; and headaches. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe concussional head injury with residual intellectual and personality changes; drowsiness; and nerve palsy of ocular movement. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 41 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: spontaneous thrombosis of basilar artery; dysarthria; hyperthermia; and hypoaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: alternate left then right-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and chronic backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.