Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; seizure; dysphasia; and malignant astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: low backache; sciatica; lumbar disc protrustion; discharging sinus; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, handwritten notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: meningococcal meningitis; hydrocephalus; and subdural hygroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; back pain; sciatica; radiculitis; arachnoiditis; and depression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, handwritten notes, and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 74 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; other injuries after being hit by motorcycle; unconciousness; and blood loss. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: backpain; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; sciatica; myelopathy; paraesthesia; drop foot; shoulder pain; and emotional factors. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; coma; cerebral oedema; haemorrhage; and infarction . Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, drawings, and x-ray films relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; latent paresis; and cerebral aneurysm. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.