Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound in left frontal region of skull; and superficial wounds in neck and abdominal wall. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to neck and posterior fossa of skull; resultant slight anxiety neurosis; giddiness; and hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of skull; herniation of brain; cerebral abscess ; and paralysis of left arm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis with spinal epiduritis following diagnostic lumbar puncture; and bifrontal headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, newspaper clipping and charts relating to male pensioner from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuritis due to bullet in left pterygoid region; photophobia; paraesthesiae; and wound infection. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral discs; recurrent lumbar backache; left sciatic pain; and hyperaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and drawing relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: injuries from revolving airscrew; traumatic amputation of left forearm; compound depressed fracture of skull; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male civil engineer from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; leg pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.