Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; papilloedema; headache; hemiparesis; blackouts; epilepsy; facial palsy; and confusion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, charts, report and autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: multiple cerebral abscesses; aphasia; drowsiness; hemiplegia; intraventricular septal defect; facial palsy; congenital heart disease; pulmonary tuberculosis; and congenital pulmonary stenosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; blackouts; homonymous defect; spastic hemiparesis; and exhaustion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low backache; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; deafness; increased intracranial pressure; unsteadiness of gait; headache; double vision; auricular fibrillation; and air ambolus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; leg pain; and back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; paraesthesia; nocturnal cramp; compression of internal popliteal nerve; spinal lesion; and leg pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 85 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spinal dumb-bell tumour; paraplegia; retention of urine and faeces; progressive cord compression syndrome; and neurinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media; vomiting; papilloedema; headache; lumbar pain; confusion; intracranial pressure; photophobia; cerebellar ataxia; intracranial thrombophlebitits; TB meningitis; hydrocephalus; B. Pyocyaneus meningitis; and hemiballismus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.