Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of skull; skull defect; bilateral anosmia; and depressed vision in left eye from optic nerve lesion. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; drowsiness; difficulty of speech; and paralysis of lower limbs. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: radiculitis of lower lumbar nerve root; hypesthesia; thoracico-lumbar backache; and left sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head (right temporo-occipital region); large bone defect; left homonymous hemianopia; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour (ependymoblastoma); chronic papilloedema; right facial weakness; and severe headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male stone sawyer from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: chronic left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica neuritis; and anxiety neurosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wounds of cauda equina and right iliac region; hypoaesthesia in left leg and foot; compound fracture of right fibula; and complete motor paresis of left leg below knee. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male medical officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: recurrent lumbar backache and unilateral sciatic pain due to ruptured intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.