Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; sciatica; and peptic ulcer. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; unsteadiness; post-operative cerebellar impaction; nystagmus; papilloedema; cardiac arrest; and haemangioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: depressed skull fracture; brain injury; head injury; coma; cerebral oedema; spastic limbs; flexor and abductor spasms; and foot drop. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; nystagmus; 6th nerve paresis; increased intracranial pressure; pyocyaneus meningitis; and obstruction of ventricles. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; leg pain; back injury; and scoliosis. 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 32 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, note and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; ptosis; subarachnoid haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; headache; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; drowsiness; intracranial haemorrhage; hemiplegia; dysarthria; homonymous hemianopic defect; and scoliosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar meningocele. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.