Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain in neck and upper right limb; carcinoma of larynx; ataxia; and ischio-rectal abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; subdural hygroma; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: rectal carcinoma; abdominal pain; acute gastric distension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Notes, autopsy report, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension; 3rd nerve palsy; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, x-ray films, photograph, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraplegia; amyloid disease; gangrene; pyelonephritis; cystitis; and bedsores. 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 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; wound infection; septicaemia; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and osteomyelitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbago; sciatica; and pulmonary embolus. 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 64 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; cerebral oedema; myocardial infarction; failure of vision; headache; papilloedema; and brainstem haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 73 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: depression. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: compound depressed skull fracture; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.