Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: osteoma frontal sinus; csf rhinorrhea; epilepsy; cerebral pneumatocele; headache; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe pituitary adenoma; post operative brain swelling; deterioration of vision; hemianopia; and rhinorrhea. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 64 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; leg pain; low back pain; sciatica; and urinary retention. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; and sciatica. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; drowsiness; diplopia; skull fracture; extradural clot; wound infection; epilepsy; and intracerebral haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; and sciatica. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound skull fracture; anosmia; traumatic neuritis; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and compound depressed skull fracture. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and note relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; brainstem ischaemia; cerebral oedema; unconsciousness; and increase of intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.