Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; weakness; sciatica; hip deformation; hysteria; paralysis; and pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; epilepsy; seizure; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: paramedian lumbosacral disc; low back pain; sciatica; oedema; and deep vein thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; posterior crural pain; low backache; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; epileptic fit; headache; hemiparesis; speech difficulties; and memory difficulties. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, x-ray film, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; aneurysm; mental deterioration; bronchopneumonia; oedema of neck and larynx; confusion; and extrapyramidal movements. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; and ptosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: anaplastic malignant tumour; secondary neoplasm; paraplegia; spinal cord compression; spinal tumour; paralysis of bladder and bowel; upper dorsal kyphosis; leg spasms; and ankylosing spondylitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, x-ray film, report, drawing, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial aneurysm; slurred speech; post operative extradural haemorrhage; seizure; and cerebral deterioration. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.