Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: degenerate spinal discs; prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Handwritten correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 74 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: extradural haematoma; subdural haematoma; head injury; unconsciousness; drowsiness; hypertonus; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: sixth nerve paresis; intracavernous carotid aneurysm; hypertension; diplopia; headaches; vomiting; ptosis; trigeminal neuralgia; and facial pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; pain; spinal cord compression; unsteadiness; and paraplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain; tumour of vulva; secondary deposits; urinary incontinence; and fecal incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: feeling of pressure across temples; headaches; cerebral atrophy; hypertension; and arteriosclerosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; headache; and speech disorder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 89 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed notes, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: fracture dislocation of cervical spine; irreparable spinal cord contusion; spinal cord compression; and spinal block. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.