Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; Jacksonian epilepsy; right parietal lobe syndrome; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; and drop foot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; back pain; leg pain; and numbness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; limb hypotonia; and post-operative intra-cerebellar haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: TB meningitis; choreiform movements of hand; coma; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, photgraph, reports, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cystic meningioma; brain tumour; hemiparesis; aphasia; limb weakness; and personality changes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: bronchogenic carcinoma; multiple intracranial metastases; vomiting; headache; raised intracranial pressure; internal hydrocephalus; facial weakness; and brainstem compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 18 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe pituitary adenoma; optic atrophy; homonymous hemianopia; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Note and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; facial paralysis; facial neuralgic syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.