Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, note, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; unconsciousness; papilloedema; deafness; brainstem ischaemia; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; severe cerebral damage; brainstem ischaemia; fractures of tibia and fibula; subdural hygroma; increased intracranial pressure; attacks of extensor rigidity; and pulmony embolism. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; skull fracture; comatose; contusional brain injury; midbrain ischaemia; and infarction of brainstem. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, note and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; fractured femur; shock; hemiplegia; and unconsciousness. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; backache; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, drawing, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; and leg pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Foster-Kennedy syndrome; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis; incontinence; oligodendroglioma; and sarcomatous change in a meningioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; leg pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 82 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; unconsciousness; extradural clot; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.