Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; lumbago; spinal arthritis; and sciatica pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: meningocoele; bladder and bowel dysfunction; and congenital malformation of spinal cord. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral clot; epileptic fit; intracerebral haemorrhage; dysphasia; paresis; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysmal sacs; increased hypotension; subarchnoid haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: depressed skull fracture; dysphasia; head injury; homonymous hemianopia; and epileptic fit. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 78 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural hygroma; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; paraesthesia; thrombosis; compression of cauda equina; and ankle pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, postmortem reports and photograph relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: medulloblastoma cerebellar; papilloedema; gait disorder; intracranial pressure; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; hydrocephalus; arachnoiditis; deafness; tinnitus; vomiting; diplopia; headaches; instability; vertigo; numbness; difficulty swallowing; and ataxia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.