Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: mental defective; and grand mal fits. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: mental defective; and behaviour disorder. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; shock; epileptic fit; scalp wound; diplopia; and lesion of trigeminal nerve. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; and stitch abscesses. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and crural pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 38 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Pott's paraplegia; paraparesis; and coronary thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, note and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; overflow incontinence; cauda equina compression; and muscle weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; thrombophlebitis; meningococcal meningitis; and raised intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, drawing, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: thrombosis of cerebral artery; cerebral haemorrhage; Jacksonian epilepsy; parasagittal meningioma; degenerative vascular disorder; and cerebral vascular disease. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.